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Early ethnography in the American Arctic : tristes Arctiques /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hastrup, Kirsten (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Arctic peoples.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration.
Peuples de l'Arctique.
Arctique > Découverte et exploration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Discoveries in geography.
Arctic Regions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The great ethnographic period in the American Arctic
  • The new world: Anthropologists in the wilderness
  • Late arrivals: Strangers in the North
  • Moving frontiers: Life in the indeterminate zone
  • Animal companions: The precariousness of the hunt
  • Vital materials: The agency of things
  • Human terrains: A mutable landscape
  • Close quarters: Intimacy and travelling theory
  • Emerging subjects: Bodies in the cold
  • Elusive Arctic: Ancient steps and future traces.