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Eskimo Essays - Yup Ik Lives and How We See Them (Paperback, New)
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Eskimo Essays - Yup Ik Lives and How We See Them (Paperback, New)
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"A wonderful gift to all Alaskans and to thinking people
everywhere." --Alaska History Eskimo Essays introduces the reader
to important aspects of the ideology and practice of the Yup'ik
Eskimos of western Alaska, past and present.The essays point the
way toward a fuller recognition of how Yup'ik Eskimos differ from
the popular Western image of the Eskimo that was born largely
without reference to Yup'ik reality. By describing the reality of
Yup'ik life, "Eskimo Essays" extends our understanding of Eskimos
in general and Yup'ik Eskimos in particular. Ann Fienup-Riordan
argues that Western observers have simultaneously naturalized
Eskimos as paragons of simplicity and virtue and historicized them
as victims of Western imperialism. This process has often ignored
Eskimo concepts of society, history, and personhood. An original
assumption of similarity to Western society has profoundly affected
the current Euro-American view of Eskimo history and action.
Non-natives have taken an idealized Western individual, dressed
that person up in polar garb, and then assumed they understood the
garment's maker. The result is a presentation of Eskimo society
that often tells us more about the meaning we seek in our own.
Moreover, modern Eskimos have risen to the challenge and to some
extent become what we have made them. Bridging the gap between
informed scholarship and popular concepts, Fienup-Riordan provides
a compelling and fresh presentation of Yup'ik life--cosmology, the
missionary experience, attitudes toward conservation, Eskimo art,
the legal system, warfare, and ceremonies. Ann Fienup-Riordan is an
anthropologist who has published widely on the Eskimos of Alaska.
She was named Historian of the Year by the Alaska Historical
Society in 1991, and in 2000, in recognition of "Hunting Tradition
in a Changing World."
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