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Author: Marcel Mauss Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136542000 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 150
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Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo is one of the first books in anthropology to adopt a sociological approach to the analysis of a single society. Mauss links elements of anthropology and human geography, arguing that geographical factors should be considered in relation to a social context in all its complexity. The work is an illuminating source on the Eskimo and a proto-type of what an anthropologist should do with ethnographic data and exerted considerable influence on the development of social anthropology. English translation first published in 1979.
Author: Marcel Mauss Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136542000 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 150
Book Description
Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo is one of the first books in anthropology to adopt a sociological approach to the analysis of a single society. Mauss links elements of anthropology and human geography, arguing that geographical factors should be considered in relation to a social context in all its complexity. The work is an illuminating source on the Eskimo and a proto-type of what an anthropologist should do with ethnographic data and exerted considerable influence on the development of social anthropology. English translation first published in 1979.
Author: Molly Lee Publisher: University of Washington Press ISBN: 0295998741 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 97
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Baskets made of baleen, the fibrous substance found in the mouths of plankton-eating whales—a malleable and durable material that once had commercial uses equivalent to those of plastics today—were first created by Alaska Natives in the early years of the twentieth century. Because they were made for the tourist trade, they were initially disdained by scholars and collectors, but today they have joined other art forms as a highly prized symbol of native identity. Baskets of exquisite workmanship, often topped with fanciful ivory carvings, have been created for almost a century, contributing significantly to the livelihood of their makers in the Arctic villages of Barrow, Point Hope, Wainwright, and Point Lay, Alaska. Baleen Basketry of the North Alaskan Eskimo, originally published in 1983, was the first book on this unusual basket form. In this completely redesigned edition, it remains the most informative work on baleen baskets, covering their history, characteristics, and construction, as well as profiling their makers. Illustrations of the basketmakers at work and line drawings showing the methods of construction are a charming addition to this book, which belongs in the library of all those with an interest in the art of basketry and in Alaskan Native arts in general.
Author: Eugene Yuji Arima Publisher: University of Ottawa Press ISBN: 177282187X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 276
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After a discussion of the place of material culture studies in modern anthropology, the author shows the continuity of the Caribou Inuit kayak form from the Birnik culture. The reconstruction of general kayak development is given in detail as well as a thorough coverage of construction and use of the kayak.
Author: Jonathan H. Turner Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 1452203458 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 769
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Written by award-winning scholar Jonathan H Turner, this is a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed review of present-day theory in sociology.
Author: Sandra Wallman Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134919425 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 244
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Contemporary Futures explores the implications of visualising the future and the consequences this has on the present and on our relationship with other cultures.
Author: Jeffrey C. Alexander Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317808673 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 592
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This volume challenges prevailing understanding of the two great founders of sociological thought. In a detailed and systematic way the author demonstrates how Marx and Durkheim gradually developed the fundamental frameworks for sociological materialism and idealism. While most recent interpreters of Marx have placed alienation and subjectivity at the centre of his work, Professor Alexander suggests that it was the later Marx’s very emphasis on alienation that allowed him to avoid conceptualizing subjectivity altogether. In Durkheim’s case, by contrast, the author argues that such objectivist theorizing informed the early work alone, and he demonstrates that in his later writings Durkheim elaborated an idealist theory that used religious life as an analytical model for studying the institutions of secular society.
Author: Richard Guy Condon Publisher: Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 256
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Examines the effects of seasonal change upon human behaviour and physiology in an isolated, relatively traditional Inuit settlement in the Canadian arctic. Holman, NWT was used as a case study.
Author: Jarich Oosten Publisher: University of Alberta ISBN: 1772124036 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 353
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The transfer of knowledge is a key issue in the North as Indigenous Peoples meet the ongoing need to adapt to cultural and environmental change. In eight essays, experts survey critical issues surrounding the knowledge practices of the Inuit of northern Canada and Greenland and the Northern Sámi of Scandinavia, and the difficulties of transferring that knowledge from one generation to the next. Reflecting the ongoing work of the Research Group Circumpolar Cultures, these multidisciplinary essays offer fresh understandings through history and across geography as scholars analyze cultural, ecological, and political aspects of peoples in transition. Traditions, Traps and Trends is an important book for students and scholars in anthropology and ethnography and for everyone interested in the Circumpolar North. Contributors: Cunera Buijs, Frédéric Laugrand, Barbara Helen Miller, Thea Olsthoorn, Jarich Oosten, Willem Rasing, Kim van Dam, Nellejet Zorgdrager
Author: Frédéric Laugrand Publisher: Berghahn Books ISBN: 1782384065 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 418
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Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. The authors examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. After these non-social and inedible animals, they discuss the dog, the companion of the hunter, and the fellow hunter, the bear, considered to resemble a human being. A discussion of the renewal of whale hunting accompanies the chapters about animals considered ‘prey par excellence’: the caribou, the seals and the whale, symbol of the whole. By giving precedence to Inuit categories such as ‘inua’ (owner) and ‘tarniq’ (shade) over European concepts such as ‘spirit ‘and ‘soul’, the book compares and contrasts human beings and animals to provide a better understanding of human-animal relationships in a hunting society.
Author: Daniel Merkur Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135521786 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 377
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First Published in 1993.This study seeks to analyze shamanism and initiation from the perspective of shamans, rather than from the laity's point of view. One of the aims of this research has been to get behind the shamans' language in order to understand their experiences.
Author: Marcel Mauss
Author: Marcel Mauss
Author: Molly Lee
Author: Eugene Yuji Arima
Author: Jonathan H. Turner
Author: Sandra Wallman
Author: Jeffrey C. Alexander
Author: Richard Guy Condon
Author: Jarich Oosten
Author: Frédéric Laugrand
Author: Daniel Merkur