Inuit, Whalers and Cultural Persistence Structure in Cumberland Sound and Central Inuit Social Organization

by Stevenson, Marc G.

• ISBN13: 9780195412178
• ISBN10: 0195412176
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Although the environment does play a major role in shaping the central Arctic Inuit political, social, and economic landscape, many aspects of Inuit society are determined culturally. This book assesses these factors and concludes with an examination of the politics of survival.

Table of Contents

Orthography

Introduction

Models and Theories of Inuit Social Organization

`Eskimo' Type Kinship and Social Organization

The Cumberland Sound Inuit in History and Prehistory

Cumberland Sound Before Qallunaat

Cumberland Sound Inuit-Qallunaat Interaction to 1970

Cultural Change and Continuity, 1840-1970

Cumberland Sound Inuit Social Structure

Cumberland Sound Inuit Kin and Local Groups, 1920-1970

The Structure of Cumberland Sound Inuit Social Organization

Cumberland Sound Inuit Prehistory Revisited

Central Inuit Social Structure

Iglulingmiut and Netsilingmiut Social Organization

The Copper Inuit: Antithesis of Central Inuit Social Structure?

In Consideration of Central Inuit Social Structure

Canadian Arctic Prehistory Reconsidered

Central Inuit Social Structure and Kinship Theory

The Politics of Survival: Central Inuit Social Structure and Nunavut

Bibliography

Glossary of Common Inukitut Terms in Text

Glossary of Common Anthropological Terms in Text

Index

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