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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



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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 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
Disciplina: 392.3/6091632
Soggetto topico: Dwellings - Arctic regions
Vernacular architecture - Arctic regions
Households - Arctic regions
Social archaeology - Arctic regions
Soggetto geografico: Arctic regions Antiquities
Arctic regions Social life and customs
Altri autori: AndersonDavid G  
WishartRobert P  
VatéVirginie  
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
Titolo autorizzato: About the hearth  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78238-787-0
0-85745-981-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813445003321
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