| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Arctic Worlds |
| Contents |
Setting the scene: communication, autonomy, and personhood -- The ammassalik region: historical and ethnographic background -- Moving: communication and everyday travel -- Family life: the power of words, personal space, and the materiality of a house -- Shared hospitality: flows of guests, goods, and gifts -- Social sanctions: the balancing of personal autonomy and community expectations -- The animate environment: perceptions of non-human beings and the notion of the "open" person -- Conclusion: Nammeq and ways of communicating |
| Summary |
"Negotiating Personal Autonomy offers a detailed ethnographic examination of personal autonomy and social life in East Greenland. Examining verbal and non-verbal communication in interpersonal encounters, Elixhauser argues that social life in the region is characterized by relationships based upon a particular care to respect other people's personal autonomy. Exploring this high valuation of personal autonomy, she asserts that a person in East Greenland is a highly permeable entity that is neither bounded by the body nor even necessarily human. In so doing, she also puts forward a new a new approach to the anthropological study of communication. An important addition to the corpus of ethnographic literature about the people of East Greenland, Elixhauser's work will be of interest to scholars of the Arctic and North, Greenland, social and cultural anthropology, and human geography. Her conclusion that, in East Greenland, the 'inner' self cannot be separated from the 'public' persona, will also be of interest to scholars working on the self across the humanities and social sciences."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Autonomy (Psychology) -- Greenland
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Interpersonal communication -- Greenland
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Autonomy (Psychology)
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Interpersonal communication
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Manners and customs
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Greenland -- Social life and customs
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Greenland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017054830 |
| ISBN |
9781351654784 |
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1351654780 |
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9781315157832 |
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1315157837 |
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9781351654791 |
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1351654799 |
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