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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813445003321

Titolo

About the hearth : perspectives on the home, hearth and household in the circumpolar north / / edited by David G. Anderson, Robert P. Wishart and Virginie Vaté

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013

ISBN

1-78238-787-0

0-85745-981-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonDavid G

WishartRobert P

VatéVirginie

Disciplina

392.3/6091632

Soggetti

Dwellings - Arctic regions

Vernacular architecture - Arctic regions

Households - Arctic regions

Social archaeology - Arctic regions

Arctic regions Antiquities

Arctic regions Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Building a Home for Circumpolar Architecture; Chapter 2 The Conical Lodge at the Centre of the Earth-Sky World; Chapter 3 Mobile Architecture, Improvization and Museum Practice; Chapter 4 Building Log Cabins in Teetł'it Gwich'in Country; Chapter 5 The Mobile Sámi Dwelling; Chapter 6 The Devitalization and Revitalization of Sámi Dwellings in Sweden; Chapter 7 Family Matters; Chapter 8 The Life Histories of Intergenerational Households in Northern Norway 1865-1900; Chapter 9 Hunters in Transition

Chapter 10 Building a Home for the HearthChapter 11 The Perception of the Built Environment by Permanent Residents, Seasonal In-migrants and Casual Incomers in a Village in Northwest Russia; Chapter 12 The Hearth, the Home and the Homeland; Chapter 13 The Fire is our Grandfather; Chapter 14 Home, Hearth and Household in the



Circumpolar North; Notes on the Contributors; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Due to changing climates and demographics, questions of policy in the circumpolar north have focused attention on the very structures that people call home. Dwellings lie at the heart of many forms of negotiation. Based on years of in-depth research, this book presents and analyzes how the people of the circumpolar regions conceive, build, memorialize, and live in their dwellings. This book seeks to set a new standard for interdisciplinary work within the humanities and social sciences and includes anthropological work on vernacular architecture, environmental anthropology, household archaeol