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Autore: | Laugrand Frédéric |
Titolo: | Hunters, predators and prey : Inuit perceptions of animals / / Frédéric Laugrand and Jarich Oosten |
Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : Berghahn, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (418 p.) |
Disciplina: | 398.24/5 |
Soggetto topico: | Inuit - Rites and ceremonies |
Inuit - Hunting | |
Human-animal relationships - Nunavut | |
Animals | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Persona (resp. second.): | OostenJ. G. <1945-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Part I - Introduction; Chapter 1 - Theoretical Perspectives; Chapter 2 - The Animals and Their Environment; Chapter 3 - The Making of a Good Hunter; Part II - Life and Death; Chapter 4 - The Raven, the Bringer of Light; Chpater 5 - Qupirruit, Masters of Life and Death; Part III - Fellow Hunters; Chapter 6 - The Dog, Partner of the Hunter; Chapter 7 - The Bear, a Fellow Hunter; Part IV - Prey; Chapter 8 - The Caribou, the Lice of the Earth; Chapter 9 - The Seal, the Offspring of the Sea Woman; Chapter 10 - The Whale, Representing the Whole |
Comparisons and ConclusionsAppendix - Inuit Elders; Glossary of Inuktitut Words; References; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. Laugrand and Oosten examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. After these non-social and inedible animals, the authors discuss the dog, the companion of the hunter, and the fellow hunter, the bear, considered to resemble a human being. A discussion of the renewal of whale hunting accompanies the chapters about animals considered ""p |
Titolo autorizzato: | Hunters, predators and prey |
ISBN: | 1-78533-337-2 |
1-78238-406-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910463774503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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