Kirsten Hastrup

Early Ethnography in the American Arctic (eBook, PDF)

Tristes Arctiques

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a portrait of early ethnographic work in the American Arctic, with a focus on understanding the mutual constitution of the Inuit and their early ethnographers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000952797
• Artikelnr.: 69024702

Autorenporträt

Kirsten Hastrup is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: The Great Ethnographic Period in the American Arctic

1 The New World: Anthropologists in the Wilderness

2 Late Arrivals: Strangers in the North

3 Moving Frontiers: Life in the Indeterminate Zone

4 Animal Companions: The Precariousness of the Hunt

5 Vital Materials: The Agency of Things

6 Human Terrains: A Mutable Landscape

7 Close Quarters: Intimacy and Travelling Theory

8 Emerging Subjects: Bodies in the Cold

9 Elusive Arctic: Ancient Steps and Future Traces