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Words of the Inuit is an important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. It brings the sum of the author’s decades of experience and engagement with Inuit and Inuktitut to bear on what he fashions as an amiable, leisurely stroll through words and...
Editeur :
University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2020-09-18
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An enthralling collection of traditional Blackfoot stories revealing the frailty of mankind and the enduring power of narrative.Napi, the Old Man of the Blackfoot Nation, appears prominently in mythology, sometimes as a quasi-Creator, sometimes a fool, and sometimes a...
Editeur :
Heritage House
Parution :
2018-04-16
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Accessible and entertaining, Road Through Time begins with the story of how anatomically modern humans left Africa to populate the world. She then carries us along the Silk Road in Central Asia, and tells of roads built for war in Persia, the Andes, and the Roman...
Editeur :
U of R Press
Parution :
2017-04-15
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Accessible and entertaining, Road Through Time begins with the story of how anatomically modern humans left Africa to populate the world. She then carries us along the Silk Road in Central Asia, and tells of roads built for war in Persia, the Andes, and the Roman...
Editeur :
U of R Press
Parution :
2017-04-15
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Gandhi in a Canadian Context examines a range of intriguing and under-studied connections between India’s greatest nationalist leader, MahatmaGandhi (1869–1948), and facets of life in Canada, including Gandhi’s interest in and contact with Canada and Canadians early in...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2017-01-05
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What is Europe? Who is European? What do Europe and European identity mean in the twenty-first century? This collection of sixteen essays seeks to answer these questions by focusing on Europe as it is seen through its own eyes and through the eyes of others across a...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2014-04-23
Collection :
Cultural Studies
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How did Franz Boas become the central founder of anthropology and a driving force promoting science in public life in North America? To answer this question, linguistic and cultural barriers must be overcome to grasp the importance of Boas’s personal background and...
Editeur :
Baraka Books
Parution :
2014-03-01
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Bridging Two Peoples tells the story of Dr. Peter E. Jones, who in 1866 became one of the first status Indians to obtain a medical doctor degree from a Canadian university. He returned to his southern Ontario reserve and was elected chief and band doctor. As secretary...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2012-06-01
Collection :
Indigenous Studies
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Since the first edition of the No-Nonsense Guide to Indigenous Peoples was published in 2003, much has changed. The United Nations General Assembly has adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous rights have become an increasingly...
Editeur :
Between the Lines
Parution :
2012-04-01
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Wilhelm Weike, a 23-year old handyman from Minden/Germany, accidentally found himself spending the year of 1883-84 among Inuit and wintering with whalers on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. The fledgling scientist Franz Boas (1858-1942), later the eminent cultural...
Editeur :
Baraka Books
Parution :
2011-11-10
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Fields in Motion: Ethnography in the Worlds of Dance examines the deeper meanings and resonances of artistic dance in contemporary culture. The book comprises four sections: methods and methodologies, autoethnography, pedagogies and creative processes, and...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2011-10-01
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Since the 1970s, Aboriginal people have been more likely to live in Canadian cities than on reserves or in rural areas. Aboriginal rural-to-urban migration and the development of urban Aboriginal communities represent one of the most significant shifts in the histories...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2011-04-12
Collection :
Indigenous Studies
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The popular notion that sees the Anglo-Saxon era as “The Dark Ages” perhaps has tended to obscure for many people the creations and strengths of that time. This collection, in examining many aspects of pre-Norman Britain, helps to illuminate how Anglo-Saxon society...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2010-10-30
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A Kindly Scrutiny of Human Nature is a collection of essays honouring Richard (Dick) Slobodin, one of the great anthropologists of the Canadian North. A short biography is followed by essays describing his formative thinking about human nature and human identities, his...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2010-04-05
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Sixteen essays, written by specialists from many fields, grapple with the problem of a popular culture that is not very popular — but is seen by most as vital to the body politic, whether endangered by globalization or capable of politically progressive messages for...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2009-10-21
Collection :
Cultural Studies
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Since first contact, Natives and newcomers have been involved in an increasingly complex struggle over power and identity. Modern “Indian wars” are fought over land and treaty rights, artistic appropriation, and academic analysis, while Native communities struggle...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2009-08-03
Collection :
Indigenous Studies
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How can postcolonialism be applied to Canadian literature? In all that has been written about postcolonialism, surprisingly little has specifically addressed the position of Canada, Canadian literature, or Canadian culture. Postcolonialism is a theory that has gained...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2009-08-01
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This collection of essays re-evaluates existing representations of the Mediterranean, providing a fresh, new and often critical perspective on the cultural, social and political processes that shape this region. Subjects such as; food traditions, music, alterity, and...
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
2005-01-01
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Doing Ethics in a Pluralistic World is an apt title for this collection of essays in honour of Roger C. Hutchinson who, over many decades, has encouraged and participated in shaping a Canadian contextual social ethics. His abiding interest in social ethics and in...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2002-05-30
Collection :
Comparative Ethics
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Contains seven papers dealing with the physical anthropology of earlier Canadian Native populations or with subject materials relevant to the interpretation of their skeletal remains. Included are two site reports on prehistoric burials from British Columbia, a detailed...
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1981-01-01
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