Nunavut Generations: Change & Continuity in Canadian Inuit Communities [Paperback]

Ann McElroy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1577664892 | ISBN-13: 978-1577664895 | Publication Date: October 30, 2007 | Edition: 1st

Change in arctic populations has not been a sudden phenomenon, but rather a gradual process that has occurred over a number of generations. In this longitudinal case study, McElroy introduces readers to four Baffin Island communities in the eastern Canadian Arctic and focuses on the challenges and hardships they face in transition from hunting-gathering lifestyles to wage employment and political participation in towns. Through long-term fieldwork, historical material, and life histories collected from elders, Nunavut Generations richly illustrates political and ecological change alongside native stability and self-determination.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Nunavut Generations has a great deal to offer students of Inuit studies and is a suitable ethnography for a broad range of courses, including introductory anthropology and peoples and cultures of the Circumpolar North. In addition to being clearly written, McElroy's text exposes the trials and tribulations of anthropological research. The fieldwork stories interspersed throughout the text are both poignant and inspirational. As is the case with the recent history of Nunavut, so it is true of cultural anthropology in general: both are journeys fraught with unanticipated challenges and unexpected opportunities." --Edmund Searles, Etudes/Inuit/Studies

From the Back Cover

"This is an outstanding examination of Nunavumiut sociocultural dynamics through the last fifty years. McElroy skillfully blends elements of her own research (and personal experiences) with a critical overview of the social, economic, and political developments affecting Inuit in the late twentieth century. This work captures the nuances, as well as the `facts,' leading up to and during the creation of Nunavut." -- George Wenzel, McGill University

"An erudite book on the process of doing ethnographic research and the nature of interactions with people in the field. Excellent for students with no prior research experience." -- Wanni Anderson, Brown University

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc; 1st edition (October 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577664892
• ISBN-13: 978-1577664895
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #776,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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