03698nam 2200685 450 991045609990332120200520144314.01-281-99761-797866119976181-4426-7893-310.3138/9781442678934(CKB)2420000000004305(EBL)3255147(SSID)ssj0000307509(PQKBManifestationID)11925080(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307509(PQKBWorkID)10244337(PQKB)10934327(CaBNvSL)thg00600889 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255147(MiAaPQ)EBC4671873(DE-B1597)464791(OCoLC)944177714(DE-B1597)9781442678934(Au-PeEL)EBL4671873(CaPaEBR)ebr11257562(OCoLC)958514035(EXLCZ)99242000000000430520160923e20011997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQuaqtaq modernity and identity in an Inuit community /Louis-Jacques DoraisToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2001.©19971 online resource (153 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8020-7952-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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.InuitCultural assimilationQuébec (Province)QuaqtaqInuitQuébec (Province)QuaqtaqEthnic identityInuitQuébec (Province)QuaqtaqSocial conditionsQuaqtaq (Québec)Social conditionsElectronic books.InuitCultural assimilationInuitEthnic identity.InuitSocial conditions.306/.089/9710714111Dorais Louis-Jacques1945-876641MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456099903321Quaqtaq2472739UNINA