How, in a world that is drastically changing, can the Inuit preserve their identity? Louis-Jacques Dorais explores this question in Quaqtaq, the first ethnography of a contemporary Canadian Inuit community to be published in over twenty-five years.
The community of Quaqtaq is a small village on Hudson Strait where hunting and gathering are still the mainstays of life. In this description of Quaqtaq, based on data collected over a thirty-year period, we get a glimpse of its early cultural history, its development into a settled community, and its present realities. Dorais identifies three principal manifestations of local identity - kinship, religion, and language - that persist despite the brutal intrusion of modernity. He concludes by examining the role politics and education have played in the relationship between Quaqtaq and the outside world.
Quaqtaq is a unique and important study that will be of interest to scholars, administrators, and citizens of Inuit and other native communities.
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'The virtue of this book lies in its approachability and its close reading of community relations ... The use of Inuit terms to label and discuss some elements of these processes is perhaps the book's most undersold strength.'
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Descrizione libro 1997. North America, Arctic Studies, Inuit. University of Toronto Press. 132p, Fine paperback. Codice articolo 1041701397
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Descrizione libro Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Pbk 132pp illustr in b/w some slight shelfwear otherwise excellent clean tight unmarked as new this is an original printing and is in stock for immediate dispatch. Codice articolo An813
Descrizione libro [0-8020-7952-0] 2001, 2nd printing. (Trade paperback) Near fine. 132pp. Appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Locale: Quaqtaq--Quebec; Quebec. (Indians of North America, Inuit--Quebec). Codice articolo 157192