Description
The wide-ranging topics in this collection include the development of a circumpolar research policy; the complex identities of Inuit in the twenty-first century; the transformative relationship between anthropologist and collaborator; the participatory method of conducting research; the interpretation of body gesture and the reproduction of culture; the use of translation in oral history, memory and the construction of a collective Inuit identity; the intricate relationship between politics, indigenous citizenship and resource development; the importance of place names, housing policies and the transition from igloos to permanent houses; and social networks in the urban setting of Montreal.
Critical Inuit Studies is essential reading for students and scholars interested in today's circumpolar North and in contemporary Native communities.
A sweeping look at the current state of Inuit Studies, bringing together the insights and fieldwork of over a dozen accomplished scholars working with Native communities in the Far North.
About the Author
Pamela Stern is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. She is the author of Historical Dictionary of the Inuit. Lisa Stevenson is a research fellow in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard University.
Reviews
"[Should] make a useful textbook for undergraduate students in northern anthropology, geography or sociology. The authors constitute an interesting sample of contemporary specialists of Inuit studies, most of them American or Canadian, but with the addition of two scholars from the Old World, one French and one Japanese." North Dakota Quarterly
Book Information
ISBN 9780803293489
Author Pamela Stern
Format Paperback
Page Count 302
Imprint University of Nebraska Press
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Weight(grams) 408g