Michael J Kral

The Return of the Sun

Suicide and Reclamation Among Inuit of Arctic Canada

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Produktbeschreibung

The Return of the Sun shows how Indigenous communities can develop, on their own, successful suicide prevention strategies. Kral details how government colonialism disrupted Inuit lives, especially family lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780190269333
• ISBN-10: 0190269332
• Artikelnr.: 55873736

Autorenporträt

Michael Kral, PhD, is a clinical/community/cultural psychologist and medical anthropologist working as an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work, Wayne State University. He has also taught at the universities of Manitoba, Windsor, Yale, and Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been conducting community-based participatory action research with Inuit in Nunavut, Canada for over 20 years. His research has looked at suicide, kinship, culture change, and youth resilience.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Dynamics of Inuit Social Transformation
2. Colonial Impact on Family and Inuuqatigiingniq/Relatedness
3. "The Weight on Our Shoulders is Too Much, and We Are Falling": Suicide and Culture Change among Inuit Male Youth
4. Resistance and Reclamation
5. Communities Making a Difference: The Youth Take Action
6. Pikkunaqtuq and Footsteps into the Future
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