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Hunters, Predators and Prey : Inuit Perceptions of Animals by Jarich Oosten and édéric Laugrand (2014, Hardcover)
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PublisherBerghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN-101782384057
ISBN-139781782384052
eBay Product ID (ePID)201581242
Product Key Features
Number of Pages418 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHunters, Predators and Prey : Inuit Perceptions of Animals
SubjectFolklore & Mythology, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Animals / General
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
AuthorJarich Oosten, Édéric Laugrand
Subject AreaNature, Social Science
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight25.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2014-000897
Reviews"This is a fascinating contribution to the ethnography of the circumpolar North and the growing literature on human-animal relationships. The authors have assembled a rich and authoritative compendium of Inuit knowledge and tradition aimed at the animals that surround them . . . Perhaps unique to any other collection it takes local animist categories seriously such that Inuit concepts take a position front and centre before European concepts such as 'spirit' or 'soul'." · David G. Anderson, University of Aberdeen "The strength of the text lies in its use of extensive quotes from the Inuit. This allows the Inuit voice to be heard clearly through the discourses of Western thought." · Christopher Trott, University of Manitoba, "This is a beautiful and deeply humbling book whose detailed accounts show the depth, power, and wisdom of a worldview too often dismissed or forgotten. For all scholars of the Arctic and indigenous peoples and of major interest to thoughtful philosophers. Essential." · Choice "Hunters, Predators and Prey is far from another general work on Inuit hunting. In every respect, it is a deep (and in my view, timely) analysis of Inuit-animal relations. This volume is, indeed must be, daunting, addressing as it does the deep ontological understanding of Inuit about animals in relation to themselves. It also has multilayered importance. First, it is a very powerful anthropological contribution to our understanding of Inuit relations to the world around them. Second, it draws upon a range of sources, first and foremost the authors' own interviews with Inuit Elders...Last, this volume has critical relevance to contemporary discussions about Inuit and wildlife." · Arctic Review "...the project is worthwhile because it organizes so much data-often older data that anthropologists might not seek out-into one location and adds to our modern disciplinary interest in personhood, bodies in culture, and animals as an inseparable component of human society." · Anthropology Review Database "This is a fascinating contribution to the ethnography of the circumpolar North and the growing literature on human-animal relationships. The authors have assembled a rich and authoritative compendium of Inuit knowledge and tradition aimed at the animals that surround them . . . Perhaps unique to any other collection it takes local animist categories seriously such that Inuit concepts take a position front and centre before European concepts such as 'spirit' or 'soul'." · David G. Anderson, University of Aberdeen "The strength of the text lies in its use of extensive quotes from the Inuit. This allows the Inuit voice to be heard clearly through the discourses of Western thought." · Christopher Trott, University of Manitoba, "This is a beautiful and deeply humbling book whose detailed accounts show the depth, power, and wisdom of a worldview too often dismissed or forgotten. For all scholars of the Arctic and indigenous peoples and of major interest to thoughtful philosophers. Essential." · Choice "... the book is excellent. It is a very strong volume, required reading for any scholar of the Arctic or for those whose work focuses on human animal relationships. The information in the book has provided me with insights about animals that I had never actively considered in my own work." · Anthropos "...this book provides a hugely worthwhile description and analysis, in their own words, of Inuit hunters' perceptions, traditions, practices and stories of animals and the socio-ecological setting they share. Moreover, it offers an invaluable resource to aid in, and acts as a call for, Inuit understandings to be given due precedence in discourses concerning Arctic resource use, land management and animal welfare/conservation. This book would, therefore, be a valuable resource for anyone interested in Arctic, ecological or human-nonhuman anthropology." · Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale. "Hunters, Predators and Prey is far from another general work on Inuit hunting. In every respect, it is a deep (and in my view, timely) analysis of Inuit-animal relations. This volume is, indeed must be, daunting, addressing as it does the deep ontological understanding of Inuit about animals in relation to themselves. It also has multilayered importance. First, it is a very powerful anthropological contribution to our understanding of Inuit relations to the world around them. Second, it draws upon a range of sources, first and foremost the authors' own interviews with Inuit Elders...Last, this volume has critical relevance to contemporary discussions about Inuit and wildlife." · Arctic Review "...reading this book expanded and enriched my general understanding of Inuit worldview. Indeed, since animals are so central to Inuit society, if one comprehends the complex intellectual framework linking animals with people, one has taken an important step toward understanding Inuit lifeways at the broadest level. As such, this book is recommended for a wide array of scholars-not just those engaged with Inuit culture, past or present, but also scholars interested in general approaches to understanding hunter-gatherers and how humans in worlds very different from ours imagine the human-animal relationship. As nature becomes increasingly a central theme in an emerging global ethics, this kind of book is a very important resource indeed." · American Ethnologist "...the project is worthwhile because it organizes so much data-often older data that anthropologists might not seek out-into one location and adds to our modern disciplinary interest in personhood, bodies in culture, and animals as an inseparable component of human society." · Anthropology Review Database "This is a fascinating contribution to the ethnography of the circumpolar North and the growing literature on human-animal relationships. The authors have assembled a rich and authoritative compendium of Inuit knowledge and tradition aimed at the animals that surround them . . . Perhaps unique to any other collection it takes local animist categories seriously such that Inuit concepts take a position front and centre before European concepts such as 'spirit' or 'soul'." · David G. Anderson, University of Aberdeen "The strength of the text lies in its use of extensive quotes from the Inuit. This allows the Inuit voice to be heard clearly through the discourses of Western thought." · Christopher Trott, University of Manitoba, "This is a beautiful and deeply humbling book whose detailed accounts show the depth, power, and wisdom of a worldview too often dismissed or forgotten. For all scholars of the Arctic and indigenous peoples and of major interest to thoughtful philosophers. Essential." Choice "... the book is excellent. It is a very strong volume, required reading for any scholar of the Arctic or for those whose work focuses on human animal relationships. The information in the book has provided me with insights about animals that I had never actively considered in my own work." Anthropos "...this book provides a hugely worthwhile description and analysis, in their own words, of Inuit hunters' perceptions, traditions, practices and stories of animals and the socio-ecological setting they share. Moreover, it offers an invaluable resource to aid in, and acts as a call for, Inuit understandings to be given due precedence in discourses concerning Arctic resource use, land management and animal welfare/conservation. This book would, therefore, be a valuable resource for anyone interested in Arctic, ecological or human-nonhuman anthropology." Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale. "Hunters, Predators and Prey is far from another general work on Inuit hunting. In every respect, it is a deep (and in my view, timely) analysis of Inuit-animal relations. This volume is, indeed must be, daunting, addressing as it does the deep ontological understanding of Inuit about animals in relation to themselves. It also has multilayered importance. First, it is a very powerful anthropological contribution to our understanding of Inuit relations to the world around them. Second, it draws upon a range of sources, first and foremost the authors' own interviews with Inuit Elders...Last, this volume has critical relevance to contemporary discussions about Inuit and wildlife." Arctic Review "...reading this book expanded and enriched my general understanding of Inuit worldview. Indeed, since animals are so central to Inuit society, if one comprehends the complex intellectual framework linking animals with people, one has taken an important step toward understanding Inuit lifeways at the broadest level. As such, this book is recommended for a wide array of scholars-not just those engaged with Inuit culture, past or present, but also scholars interested in general approaches to understanding hunter-gatherers and how humans in worlds very different from ours imagine the human-animal relationship. As nature becomes increasingly a central theme in an emerging global ethics, this kind of book is a very important resource indeed." American Ethnologist "...the project is worthwhile because it organizes so much data-often older data that anthropologists might not seek out-into one location and adds to our modern disciplinary interest in personhood, bodies in culture, and animals as an inseparable component of human society." Anthropology Review Database "This is a fascinating contribution to the ethnography of the circumpolar North and the growing literature on human-animal relationships. The authors have assembled a rich and authoritative compendium of Inuit knowledge and tradition aimed at the animals that surround them . . . Perhaps unique to any other collection it takes local animist categories seriously such that Inuit concepts take a position front and centre before European concepts such as 'spirit' or 'soul'." David G. Anderson, University of Aberdeen "The strength of the text lies in its use of extensive quotes from the Inuit. This allows the Inuit voice to be heard clearly through the discourses of Western thought." Christopher Trott, University of Manitoba
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal398.245
Table Of ContentList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 2. The Animals and Their Environment Chapter 3. Becoming A Good Hunter Life and Death Chapter 4. The Raven, The Bringer of Light Chapter 5. Qupirruit, Masters of Life And Death Fellow Hunters Chapter 6. The Dog, Partner of The Hunter Chapter 7. The Bear, A Fellow Hunter Prey Chapter 8. The Caribou, The Lice of The Earth Chapter 9. Seals, The Offspring of The Sea Woman Chapter 10. The Whale, Representing The Whole Comparison and Conclusions Appendix I: Inuit Elders Glossary of Inuktitut Words References Index
SynopsisInuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. Laugrand and Oosten examine the roles of animals from the small and non-social, such as the raven, to those considered fellow hunters, the bear and the dog. "Prey par excellence," or caribou, seals, and the whale, are discussed in conjunction with the renewal of whale hunting., Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. The authors examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit , a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. After these non-social and inedible animals, they discuss the dog, the companion of the hunter, and the fellow hunter, the bear, considered to resemble a human being. A discussion of the renewal of whale hunting accompanies the chapters about animals considered 'prey par excellence' the caribou, the seals and the whale, symbol of the whole. By giving precedence to Inuit categories such as 'inua' (owner) and 'tarniq' (shade) over European concepts such as 'spirit 'and 'soul', the book compares and contrasts human beings and animals to provide a better understanding of human-animal relationships in a hunting society., Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. The authors examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. After these non-social and inedible animals, they discuss the dog, the companion of the hunter, and the fellow hunter, the bear, considered to resemble a human being. A discussion of the renewal of whale hunting accompanies the chapters about animals considered 'prey par excellence': the caribou, the seals and the whale, symbol of the whole. By giving precedence to Inuit categories such as 'inua' (owner) and 'tarniq' (shade) over European concepts such as 'spirit 'and 'soul', the book compares and contrasts human beings and animals to provide a better understanding of human-animal relationships in a hunting society., Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. The authors examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit , a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. After these non-social and inedible animals, they discuss the dog, the companion of the hunter, and the fellow hunter, the bear, considered to resemble a human being. A discussion of the renewal of whale hunting accompanies the chapters about animals considered 'prey par excellence': the caribou, the seals and the whale, symbol of the whole. By giving precedence to Inuit categories such as 'inua' (owner) and 'tarniq' (shade) over European concepts such as 'spirit 'and 'soul', the book compares and contrasts human beings and animals to provide a better understanding of human-animal relationships in a hunting society.
LC Classification NumberE99.E7L368 2014
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