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The bounds of habitation /

Morag is nearly 86. She lives alone in a house at the end of a track looking out to sea, on Harris, in the Outer Hebrides. She was born in this house and has lived here her whole life. Life is simple and peaceful. This is a portrait of a woman as she contemplates the next chapter in her life; Morag...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Etherington, Rosie (Director, Producer, Editor, director of photography,)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Brighton, England : University of Manchester, Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2013.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Older women > Scotland > Lewis with Harris Island.
Lewis with Harris Island (Scotland)
Femmes âgées > Écosse > Lewis with Harris.
Lewis with Harris (Écosse)
Older women
Scotland > Lewis with Harris Island
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Summary:Morag is nearly 86. She lives alone in a house at the end of a track looking out to sea, on Harris, in the Outer Hebrides. She was born in this house and has lived here her whole life. Life is simple and peaceful. This is a portrait of a woman as she contemplates the next chapter in her life; Morag shares her unique sense of independence, attitude to mortality and the connection she has to her wild, island home.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 16, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (26 min.)
Playing Time:00:25:46