This is the first historical study of indigenous Australian masculinity. Using the reactions of eighteenth-century western explorers to Aboriginal men, Konishi argues that these encounters were not as negative as has been thought.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Skin; Chapter 2 Hair; Chapter 3 Face; Chapter 4 Carnal Bodies; Chapter 5 Martial Bodies; Chapter 6 Communicating Bodies; Chapter 7 Indolent Bodies; Chapter 8 Testing Bodies; Chapter 9 Epilogue;