| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 132 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
On modernity, identity and Quaqtaq -- Qallunaaqalaurtinagu: When there were no Qallkunaat -- Formation of a community -- Quaqtaq in the 1990s -- Some fundamentals of identity -- Quaqtaq and the world -- Appendix Q: Historical events in Tuvaaluk and Quaqtaq, 1910-1990 -- Appendix B: Adult deaths in Tuvaaluk and Quaqtaq, 1941-1992 -- Appendix C: Peterhead boats in Tuvaaluk, 1930-1967 -- References -- Index. |
| Summary |
Comprises an ethnographic study of the small, predominantly Inuit village of Quaqtaq in Nunavik in arctic Quebec. The author focuses on the interaction between modernity and tradition in residents' relations with the outside world and, more specifically, in cultural identity. Includes a few b&w photographs. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Inuit -- Cultural assimilation -- Québec (Province) -- Quaqtaq.
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Inuit -- Cultural assimilation. |
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Inuit. |
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Inuit -- Québec (Province) -- Quaqtaq -- Ethnic identity.
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Ethnicity. |
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Inuit -- Québec (Province) -- Quaqtaq -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Inuit -- Québec (Province) -- Quaqtaq -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dorais, Louis-Jacques, 1945- Quaqtaq. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1997 9780802041050 (DLC) 97160570 (OCoLC)36341282 |
| ISBN |
9781442678934 (electronic book) |
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1442678933 (electronic book) |
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0802041051 (bound) |
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0802079520 (paperback) |
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9780802079527 |
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9780802041050 |
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