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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Winnipeg, Manitoba :
University of Manitoba Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Contemporary studies on the North ;
6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 recorded by Franz Boas and Knud Rasmussen, Saladin d'Anglure examines the Inuit notion of personhood and its relationship to cosmology and mythology. Central to these stories are womb memories, narratives of birth and reincarnation, and the concept of the third sex--an intermediate identity between male and female. As explained through first-person accounts and traditional legends, myths, and folk tales, the presence of transgender individuals informs Inuit relationships to one another and to the world at large, transcending the dualities of male and female, human and animal, human and spirit. This new English edition includes the 2006 preface by Claude Lévi-Strauss and an afterword by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure. |
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| Notas: | Translation of: Etre et renaître inuit, homme, femme ou chamane. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-348). |
| ISBN: | 9780887555596 0887555594 9780887555572 0887555578 |
| ISSN: | 1928-1722 ; |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. |