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Becoming Inummarik
Peter Collings
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Description for Becoming Inummarik
Paperback. A critical look at how Inuit men balance traditional values and social circumstances to find their place in the contemporary Arctic. Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; JFSJ2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
What does it mean to become a man in the Arctic today? Becoming Inummarik focuses on the lives of the first generation of men born and raised primarily in permanent settlements. Forced to balance the difficulties of schooling, jobs, and money that are a part of village life with the conflicting demands of older generations and subsistence hunting, these men struggle to chart their life course and become inummariit - genuine people. Peter Collings presents an accessible, intelligent, humorous, and sensitive account of Inuit men who are no longer youths, but not yet elders. Based on over twenty years ... Read more
What does it mean to become a man in the Arctic today? Becoming Inummarik focuses on the lives of the first generation of men born and raised primarily in permanent settlements. Forced to balance the difficulties of schooling, jobs, and money that are a part of village life with the conflicting demands of older generations and subsistence hunting, these men struggle to chart their life course and become inummariit - genuine people. Peter Collings presents an accessible, intelligent, humorous, and sensitive account of Inuit men who are no longer youths, but not yet elders. Based on over twenty years ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Series
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773543133
SKU
V9780773543133
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About Peter Collings
Peter Collings is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Florida.
Reviews for Becoming Inummarik
"Not since Jean Briggs' Never in Anger has an ethnography been so open and honest with the trials and tribulations of conducting anthropological research in a small, close-knit community in the North. Collings provides details of community life that are authentic, intimate, and insightful; his candour and clarity in describing the everyday life of cultural anthropologists doing fieldwork is poignant ... Read more