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Description for Skin for Skin
Hardback. Seeking to understand these transformations in the capacities of Native communities to resist cultural, economic, and political domination, this book offers an ethnographic analysis of aboriginal Canadians' changing experiences of historical violence. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Since the 1960s, the Native peoples of northeastern Canada, both Inuit and Innu, have experienced epidemics of substance abuse, domestic violence, and youth suicide. Seeking to understand these transformations in the capacities of Native communities to resist cultural, economic, and political domination, Gerald M. Sider offers an ethnographic analysis of aboriginal Canadians' changing experiences of historical violence. He relates acts of communal self-destruction to colonial and postcolonial policies and practices, as well as to the end of the fur and sealskin trades. Autonomy and dignity within Native communities have eroded as individuals have been deprived of their livelihoods and treated ... Read more
Since the 1960s, the Native peoples of northeastern Canada, both Inuit and Innu, have experienced epidemics of substance abuse, domestic violence, and youth suicide. Seeking to understand these transformations in the capacities of Native communities to resist cultural, economic, and political domination, Gerald M. Sider offers an ethnographic analysis of aboriginal Canadians' changing experiences of historical violence. He relates acts of communal self-destruction to colonial and postcolonial policies and practices, as well as to the end of the fur and sealskin trades. Autonomy and dignity within Native communities have eroded as individuals have been deprived of their livelihoods and treated ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Narrating Native Histories
Format
Hardback
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822355212
SKU
V9780822355212
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About Gerald Sider
Gerald M. Sider is Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. His books include Between History and Tomorrow: Making and Breaking Everyday Life in Rural Newfoundland and Living Indian Histories: Lumbee and Tuscarora People in North Carolina, both in second editions. ... Read more
Reviews for Skin for Skin
“Skin for Skin is a volume that everyone who interacts with the native communities in this province should read, including the Innu and Inuit themselves if possible. The voice is passionate, intense, and very personal, bordering on aggressively confrontational at times."
Robin McGrath
The Telegram (Newfoundland)
“What makes the book truly compelling is twofold. The two final ... Read more
Robin McGrath
The Telegram (Newfoundland)
“What makes the book truly compelling is twofold. The two final ... Read more