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Inuit stories of being and rebirth : gender, shamanism, and the third sex /

Ujarak, Iqallijuq, and Kupaaq were elders from the Inuit community on Igloolik Island in Nunavut. The three elders, among others, shared with Bernard Saladin d'Anglure the narratives which make up the heart of Inuit Stories of Being and Rebirth. Through their words, and historical sources recor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: D'Anglure, Bernard Saladin (Autor), Lévi-Strauss, Claude (Autor)
Otros Autores: Frost, Peter (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2019]
Colección:Contemporary studies on the North ; 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: Iqallijuq, Ujarak, Kupaaq, and Others; Interlude 1: Song of Saittuq; Chapter 1: Savviurtalik Is Reincarnated; Interlude 2: Iqallijuq Remembering; Chapter 2: Inuit Genesis and the Desire for Children; Chapter 3: Naarjuk: The Giant Baby with Prominent Genitals and the Master of Sila; Chapter 4: Incestuous Moon Brother Chases Sun Sister; Chapter 5: A Headstrong Daughter: The Mother of All Human Races and All Marine Mammals; Chapter 6: A Cheated Husband and Thwarted Love in the Animal World; Chapter 7: Girls Should Not Play at Marriage; Chapter 8: A Battered Wife Chooses to Be Reborn in Animal Forms, Then as a Man; Chapter 9: Kaujjajjuk, a Mistreated Orphan Rescued by the Moon Man; Chapter 10: The Danger of Being Impregnated by a Spirit When You Have a Jealous Husband; Chapter 11: Itirjuaq, the First Woman Healer; Chapter 12: The Strange Man and His Whale; Chapter 13: Atanaarjuat, the Fast Runner: A Mythical Hero; Chapter 14: Ataguttaaluk, the Cannibal Forebear (or The Birth of a Myth); Chapter 15: Qisaruatsiaq: Back to Her Mother's Womb