Jeff Webb

Observing the Outports

Describing Newfoundland Culture, 1950-1980

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Produktbeschreibung

In Observing the Outports, Jeff A. Webb illustrates how interdisciplinary collaborations created the field of "Newfoundland studies."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 648g
• ISBN-13: 9781442628946
• ISBN-10: 1442628944
• Artikelnr.: 43898093

Autorenporträt

Jeff A. Webb is a professor and head of the Department of History at Memorial University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One: Viewing the Universe Through Newfoundland Eyes: The Dictionary
of Newfoundland English
Chapter Two: Writing History
Chapter Three: Herbert Halpert and Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland:
Collecting Folklore
Chapter Four: Cat Harbour: Anthropologists in Outports
Chapter Five: Peopling of Newfoundland: Mapping Cultural Transfer and
Settlement
Chapter Six: Communities in Decline: The Study of Resettlement
Conclusion