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Fiction Literary

Hummocks

Journeys and Inquiries Among the Canadian Inuit

by (author) Jean Malaurie

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
May 2007
Category
Literary, General
Recommended Age
16
Recommended Grade
11
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773560314
    Publish Date
    May 2007
    List Price
    $55.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773532007
    Publish Date
    May 2007
    List Price
    $55.00

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"At the margins of the floes, where their ragged edges have come into grinding contact, the ice is piled up into ridges. These are the hummocks," writes Jean Malaurie.

About the author

Jean Malaurie is an anthropogeographer, a world-renowned expert on the Inuit, and the founder and director of the Editions Plon's Terre Humaine anthropological series, whose authors include Claude Levi-Strauss and Margaret Mead. He is the author of numero

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Hummocks: Journeys and Inquiries among the Canadian Inuit

This ethnography, written in the first person, explores the Inuit quest for independence and self-government, and the “Inuitization” of Christian beliefs. It focuses on the Arctic settlements of northern Quebec during the 1960s when the region was relatively isolated but the Inuit way of life was being challenged. The book interlaces anthropological observations, interviews, primary stories and regional history. Comparisons are made from a historical, political, religious and ethnic perspective. The book contains appendices and extensive notes.

Malaurie, an anthropogeographer, is the author The Last Kings of Thule.

Caution: Contains descriptions of the Inuit tradition of wife swapping.

Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools. 2007-2008.