Quaqtaq : modernity and identity in an Inuit community / / Louis-Jacques Dorais

• Autore: Dorais Louis-Jacques <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001; ©1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 p.)
• Disciplina: 306/.089/9710714111
• Soggetto topico: Inuit - Cultural assimilation - Québec (Province) - Quaqtaq; Inuit - Québec (Province) - Quaqtaq - Ethnic identity; Inuit - Québec (Province) - Quaqtaq - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Quaqtaq (Québec) Social conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Quaqtaq
• ISBN: 1-281-99761-7; 9786611997618; 1-4426-7893-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456099903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II