Craig Mishler

Gebundenes Buch

Crooked on the Stretcher Board

Collected Essays on Gwich'in History, Language and Folk Culture

Beschreibung

"Mishler and his collaborator Frank discuss a wide variety of topics, such as the arrival and influence of early missionaries and fur traders, biographies of prominent Dinjii Zhuh community members, the importance of storytelling and orality, traditional naming practices, linguistics, and topics in popular culture such as pastimes, humor, and seasonal celebrations. Importantly, Mishler publishes the words of the people and alerts the reader to where crucial collections are housed." - Native American and Indigenous Studies Journal Vol. 12, Issue 2, Fall 2025 "Mishler's decades of commitment, his long affiliation with the Gwich'in communities and research collaborations with [Kenneth] Frank and other Gwich'in knowledge keepers is evident throughout the text. This book clearly is written with the inspiration, tutelage, language, cultural expertise, and teaching experience of Frank, with whom Mishler has been a research and writing partner with since the mid-1990s. It is from their several scholarly publications, oral presentations, and professional papers that these essays are born. Mishler and Frank's unique, meticulously researched, pleasant writing style and ability to inform the reader about the historical connections and context to the subject, is what makes their work so important." - Leslie McCartney, from the Foreword.

Autor

Craig Mishler has been doing ethnographic field work in Alaska since 1972. He received his doctorate in folklore and anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981. Craig made a career as an historian with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources and later as a subsistence resource specialist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence where he did extensive field work in Kodiak. Later, he was a research professor at the Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. He is also the author, co-author, or editor of ten books, including Dinjii Vadzaih Dhidlit: The Man Who Became a Caribou, published with Kenneth Frank in 2020 by the IPI Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: International Polar Institute
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 165mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 975g
• ISBN-13: 9798988473220
• Artikelnr.: 69130171