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Author Briggs, Jean L., 1929-2016, author

Title Never in anger : portrait of an Eskimo family / Jean L. Briggs
Published Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1970

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 W'PONDS  971.900497 Bri/Nia  AVAILABLE
Description xxi, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
regular print
Series A Harvard paperback
Harvard paperback
Contents Introduction -- Inuttiaq -- Family life: Expressions of closeness -- Inuttiaq's children -- Two kin groups: Expressions of separateness and hostility -- Nilak's family -- Kapluna daughter
Summary Describes emotional patterning of the Utkuhikhalingmiut, a small group of Eskimos who live at the mouth of the Back River, in the context of their life as seen as lived by the author. Based on field work conducted between June 1963 and March 1965
Analysis Eskimos Psychology
Eskimo families Interpersonal relationships Canada Northwest Territories Back River
Notes Bibliography: p. 377-379
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-379)
Subject Eskimos -- Psychology.
Eskimos -- Psychology.
Eskimos -- Northwest Territories -- Chantrey Inlet -- Social life and customs
Inuits -- psychology.
LC no. 75105368
ISBN 0674608259
0674608283 (h)
9780674608252
9780674608283 (h)