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: Livres numeriques.; e-books.; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: On modernity, identity and Quaqtaq -- Qallunaaqalaurtinagu: When there were no Qallkunaat -- Formation of a community -- Quaqtaq in the 1990s -- Some fundamentals of identity -- Quaqtaq and the world -- Appendix Q: 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 -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Comprises an ethnographic study of the small, predominantly Inuit village of Quaqtaq in Nunavik in arctic Quebec. The author focuses on the interaction between modernity and tradition in residents' relations with the outside world and, more specifically, in cultural identity. Includes a few b & w photographs.
• 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.: 9910813471903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II