Kirsten Hastrup

Early Ethnography in the American Arctic

Tristes Arctiques

• Gebundenes Buch

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781032416328
• ISBN-10: 1032416327
• Artikelnr.: 68102556

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