| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 61
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McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 61.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-304) and index. |
| Contents |
Nautical nation : indigenous commercial fishing in an Eastern Aleut community -- Identity, status, and the structure of traditional Aleutian Society -- Anthropology in the Pelagic Zone -- Limited entry systems in an Eastern Aleut Community -- Fish wars, identity, and dehumanization -- Disenfranchised Aleuts -- Identity in context -- Appendix : subsistence tables. |
| Summary |
"Anthropologists, looking at the traditional practices of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic from a western perspective, have often presented them as rigid and unchanging. Presenting a decade of ethnographic research on the Eastern Aleut of the western Alaska Peninsula and Eastern Aleutian Islands, Katherine Reedy-Maschner shows that "traditional" can denote many things and can expand to include full participation in a modern, commercial fishing economy as well as participation in the global politics of the volatile fishing industry. |
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The first Aleut ethnography in over three decades, Aleut Identities provides a contemporary view of indigenous Alaskans and is the first major work to emphasize the importance of commercial labour and economies to maintain traditional means of survival. Examining the ways in which social relations and the status formation are affected by environmental concerns, government policies, and market forces, the author highlights how communities have responded to worldwide pressures. |
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An informative work that challenges conventional notions of "traditional," Aleut Identities demonstrates possible methods by which Indigenous communities can maintain and adapt their identity in the face of unrelenting change."--Pub. desc. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Aleuts -- Fishing -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands.
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Aleuts -- Fishing. |
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Alaska -- Aleutian Islands. |
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Aleuts. |
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Aleuts -- Social life and customs.
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Aleuts -- Social life and customs. |
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Aleuts -- Social conditions.
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Aleuts -- Social conditions. |
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Aleuts -- Ethnic identity.
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Ethnicity. |
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Fisheries -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands.
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Fisheries. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reedy-Maschner, Katherine L., 1975- Aleut identities. Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010 9780773536821 (OCoLC)495781767 |
| ISBN |
9780773584075 (electronic book) |
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0773584072 (electronic book) |
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9780773536821 |
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0773536825 |
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9780773537484 |
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0773537481 |
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