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Author Collings, Peter, 1968- author.

Title Becoming inummarik : men's lives in an Inuit community / Peter Collings
Published Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]
Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 406 pages) : maps
Series McGill-Queen's Native and Northern series ; 73
McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 73.
Contents Time for a Snack -- Things Are Really Changing around Here -- A Congenial Dolt Learns about Inuit Culture -- He's a Good Friend, but He's a Crook -- Driving Around -- I'm Experimenting -- Expensive Women and Unbalanced Lives -- Sometimes I Can Feel Heavy -- It Feels Good to Give That Much -- Real Northern Men -- Glossary of Inuinnaqtun Terms
Summary "What does it mean to become a man in the Arctic today? Becoming Inummarik focuses on the lives of the first generation of men born and raised primarily in permanent settlements. Forced to balance the difficulties of schooling, jobs, and money that are a part of village life with the conflicting demands of older generations and subsistence hunting, these men struggle to chart their life course and become inummariit - genuine people
Peter Collings presents an accessible, intelligent, humorous, and sensitive account of Inuit men who are no longer youths, but not yet elders. Based on over twenty years of research conducted in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Becoming Inummarik is a profound and nuanced look at contemporary Inuit life that shows not just what Inuit men do, but who they are. Collings recounts experiences from his immersion in the daily lives of Ulukhaktok's men - from hunting and sharing meals to playing cards and grocery shopping - to demonstrate how seemingly mundane activities provide revelations about complex issues such as social relationships, status, and maturity. He also reflects on the ethics of immersive anthropological research, the difficulties of balancing professional and personal relationships with informants, and the nature of knowledge in Inuit culture
Becoming Inummarik shows that while Inuit born into a modern society see themselves as different from their parents' generation, their adherence to traditional ideas about life ensures that they remain fully Inuit even as their community has witnessed drastic upheaval."--Pub. desc
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Includes a glossary of Inuinnaqtun terms
Subject Inuit -- Northwest Territories -- Ulukhaktok -- Social conditions
Inuit -- Northwest Territories -- Ulukhaktok -- Social life and customs
Men -- Northwest Territories -- Ulukhaktok -- Social conditions
Men -- Northwest Territories -- Ulukhaktok -- Social life and customs
Masculinity -- Social aspects -- Northwest Territories -- Ulukhaktok
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Masculinity -- Social aspects
Inuit -- Social conditions
Inuit -- Social life and customs
Men -- Social conditions
Men -- Social life and customs
Northwest Territories -- Ulukhaktok
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773590328
0773590323
9780773590335
0773590331
9780773543133
0773543139
9780773543126
0773543120