TABLE OF CQNlIiNTS
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DECLARATION..................................................... xxii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................ xxiiі
LIST OF TABLES ................................................. xxiv
LIST OF FIGURES ................................................ xxvi’i
ABSTRACT ........................................................ XXX
Chapter
I. THE PROBLEM
1.1 Introduction to the problem.......................... ɪ
1.2 Genesis of the research ............................. 1
1.21 Redefinition of the problem to be
researched .................................... 2
1.22 Components of ’success’ in the Aboriginal
•world’ ........................................ ʒ
1.23 Aboriginal identity ............................ 4
1.3 Review of research literature touching on Aboriginal
identity............................................ 5
1.31 Anthropology ................................... 5
1.32 Psychology ..................................... 5
1.33 Sociology ...................................... 6
1.34 Sociology/Education ............................ 6
1.35 Social Psychology .............................. 6
1.36 Watt’s overview of research relating to
Aboriginal identity ............................ 7
1.37 Summary of research findings ................... ɛ
1.3S The Aboriginal voice: the social construction
of identity..................................... 9
1.39 The problem defined..............................9
II. IDENTITY AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF
REALITY: THE THEORY
2.1 The sociology of knowledge: brief history of
development (Marx, Mannheim, Stark, Berger and
Luckmann) ........................................... 11
2.2 Identity as a problem in the sociology of knowledge
(Berger, Berger and Luckmann) ....................... 14
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