Uqalurait [[electronic resource] ] : an oral history of Nunavut / / compiled and edited by John Bennett and Susan Rowley ; foreword by Suzanne Evaloardjuk ... [et al.]
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| Autore: |
Bennett John
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| Titolo: |
Uqalurait [[electronic resource] ] : an oral history of Nunavut / / compiled and edited by John Bennett and Susan Rowley ; foreword by Suzanne Evaloardjuk ... [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | xxxii, 473 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports ; ; 25 cm |
| Disciplina: | 305.897/124/097195 |
| Soggetto topico: | Inuit - Nunavut - History |
| Inuit - Nunavut - Social life and customs | |
| Ethnology - Nunavut | |
| Oral history - Nunavut | |
| Inuit - Nunavut - Histoire | |
| Inuit - Nunavut - Moeurs et coutumes | |
| Ethnologie - Nunavut | |
| Histoire orale | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Nunavut History |
| Nunavut Social life and customs | |
| Nunavut Histoire | |
| Altri autori: |
RowleySusan Diana Mary
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| Note generali: | Includes indexes. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter -- Contents -- Black and White Illustrations -- Figures -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- A Note on Language and Spelling -- Colour plates -- Inuit Identity -- Naming -- The Family -- Animals -- Hunting -- Gathering -- Food Sharing -- Leadership -- Justice -- Music and Dance -- Astronomy -- Navigation -- The Land -- External Relations -- Tuniit -- Unusual Beings -- Cosmology -- Shamanism -- Singaijuq (Pregnancy) and Irnisuktuq (Labour) -- Medicine -- Death and Burial -- Architecture -- Material Culture -- Skin Preparation and Clothing -- Regional Identity -- Inuit Seasonal Rounds -- Seasonal Rounf of the Ahiarmiut -- Seasonal Round of the Arviligjuarmiut -- Seasonal Round of the Amitturmiut -- Seasonal Round of the Inuinnait -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of Elders Quoted in the Text -- General Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | An authoritative and comprehensive compilation of the ancient knowledge of Inuit elders. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Uqalurait |
| ISBN: | 1-282-86032-1 |
| 9786612860324 | |
| 0-7735-7006-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782080003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; ; 36.