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Autore |
Dorais Louis-Jacques <1945-> |
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Titolo |
Quaqtaq : modernity and identity in an Inuit community / / Louis-Jacques Dorais |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001 |
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©1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-99761-7 |
9786611997618 |
1-4426-7893-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Inuit - Cultural assimilation - Québec (Province) - Quaqtaq |
Inuit - Québec (Province) - Quaqtaq - Ethnic identity |
Inuit - Québec (Province) - Quaqtaq - Social conditions |
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Quaqtaq (Québec) Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: On Modernity, Identity, and Quaqtaq -- 1. Qallunaaqalaurtinagu: When There Were No Qallunaat -- 2. The Formation of a Community -- 3. Quaqtaq in the 1990s -- 4. Some Fundamentals of Identity -- 5. Quaqtaq and the World -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Historical Events in Tuvaaluk and Quaqtaq, 1910-1990 -- Appendix B: Adult Deaths in Tuvaaluk and Quaqtaq, 1941-1992 -- Appendix C: Peterhead Boats in Tuvaaluk, 1930-1967 -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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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