Seasonal Variations Of The Eskimo

Author : Marcel Mauss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136541933

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Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo by Marcel Mauss Pdf

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 : Richard Guy Condon
Publisher : Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011714675

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Inuit Behavior and Seasonal Change in the Canadian Arctic by Richard Guy Condon Pdf

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 : Fred Bruemmer
Publisher : Greenwich, Conn : New York Graphic Society
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Eskimos
ISBN : 0821202987

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Seasons of the Eskimo by Fred Bruemmer Pdf

Author : Richard G. Condon
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 081380566X

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Inuit Behavior and Seasonal Change in the Canadian Arctic by Richard G. Condon Pdf

Author : Molly Lee
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295998749

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Baleen Basketry of the North Alaskan Eskimo by Molly Lee Pdf

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
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772821871

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A contextual study of the Caribou Eskimo kayak by Eugene Yuji Arima Pdf

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
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452203454

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Contemporary Sociological Theory by Jonathan H. Turner Pdf

Written by award-winning scholar Jonathan H Turner, this is a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed review of present-day theory in sociology.

Author : Jeffrey C. Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317808671

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The Antinomies of Classical Thought: Marx and Durkheim (Theoretical Logic in Sociology) by Jeffrey C. Alexander Pdf

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 : Jarich Oosten,Barbara Helen Miller
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772124033

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Traditions, Traps and Trends by Jarich Oosten,Barbara Helen Miller Pdf

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,Jarich Oosten†
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781782384069

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Hunters, Predators and Prey by Frédéric Laugrand,Jarich Oosten† Pdf

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
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135521783

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Becoming Half Hidden by Daniel Merkur Pdf

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 : Olivier Remaud
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509551484

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Thinking Like an Iceberg by Olivier Remaud Pdf

When we imagine the polar regions, we see a largely lifeless world covered in snow and ice where icebergs drift listlessly through frozen waters, like solitary wanderers of the oceans floating aimlessly in total silence. But nothing could be further from the truth. This book takes us into the fascinating world of icebergs and glaciers to discover what they are really like. Through a series of historical vignettes recalling some of the most tragic and most exhilarating encounters between human beings and these gigantic pieces of matter, and through vivid descriptions of their cycles of birth and death, Olivier Remaud shows that these entities are teeming with many forms of life and that there is a deep continuity between iceberg life and human life, a complex web of reciprocal interconnections that can lead from the deadliest to the most vital. And precisely because there is this continuity, icebergs and glaciers tell us something important about life itself – namely, that it thrives in the most unexpected of places, even where there seems to be no life at all. At a time when we are increasingly aware that the melting of ice sheets, glaciers and sea ice is one of the many disastrous consequences of global warming, this beautiful meditation is a poignant reminder of the interconnectedness of all life and the fragility of the Earth’s ecosystems.

Author : Justin Wintle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1812 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136768828

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New Makers of Modern Culture by Justin Wintle Pdf

"New Makers of Modern Culture takes into full account the rise and fall of reputation and influence over the last twenty-five years and the epochal changes that have occurred: the demise of Marxism and the collapse of the Soviet Union; the rise and fall of postmodernism; the eruption of Islamic fundamentalism; the triumph of the Internet. Containing over eight hundred essay-style entries, and covering the period from 1850 to the present, New Makers includes artists, writers, dramatists, architects, philosophers, anthropologists, scientists, sociologists, major political figures, composers, film-makers and many other culturally significant individuals and is thoroughly international in its purview. With its global reach, New Makers of Modern Culture provides a multi-voiced witness of the contemporary thinking world. The entries carry short bibliographies and there is thorough cross-referencing. There is an index of names and key terms."--Publisher's description

Author : Jessica Kuper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317651659

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Key Thinkers, Past and Present (RLE Social Theory) by Jessica Kuper Pdf

This volume provides a fascinating perspective on the social sciences through its examination of the leading proponents, their ideas and careers. It includes useful suggestions for further reading. All the great names in the history of the subject are here – Freud, Marx, Weber, Adam Smith and so on – along with many less prominent but nevertheless important thinkers.

Author : Jos D. M. Platenkamp,Almut Schneider
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030167035

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Integrating Strangers in Society by Jos D. M. Platenkamp,Almut Schneider Pdf

This book provides a uniquely positioned contribution to the current debates on the integration of immigrants in Europe. Twelve social anthropologists—“strangers by vocation”—reflect upon how they were taken in by those they studied over the course of their long-term fieldwork. The societies concerned are Sinti (northern Italy), Inuit (Canadian Arctic), Kanak (New Caledonia), Māori (New Zealand), Lanten (Laos), Tobelo and Tanebar-Evav (Indonesia), Banyoro (Uganda), Gawigl and Siassi (Papua New Guinea) and a township in Odisha (India). A comparative analysis of these reflexive, ethnographic accounts reveals as yet underrepresented, non-European perspectives on the issue of integrating strangers, enabling the reader to identify and reflect upon the uniquely Western ideals and values that currently dominate such discourse.