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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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