Early Ethnography in the American Arctic - Tristes Arctiques

This book offers a portrait of early ethnographic work in the American Arctic, with a focus on understanding the mutual constitution of the Inuit and their early ethnographers.

List of contents

Prologue: The Great Ethnographic Period in the American Arctic
1 The New World: Anthropologists in the Wilderness
2 Late Arrivals: Strangers in the North
3 Moving Frontiers: Life in the Indeterminate Zone
4 Animal Companions: The Precariousness of the Hunt
5 Vital Materials: The Agency of Things
6 Human Terrains: A Mutable Landscape
7 Close Quarters: Intimacy and Travelling Theory
8 Emerging Subjects: Bodies in the Cold
9 Elusive Arctic: Ancient Steps and Future Traces

About the author

Kirsten Hastrup is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Product details

• Authors: Kirsten Hastrup, Hastrup Kirsten
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032448343
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244834-3
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; North America, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Regional Studies, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, Human Geography, Environmentalist thought and ideology