Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family
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Book Overview
In the summer of 1963, anthropologist Jean Briggs journeyed to the Canadian Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) to begin a seventeen-month field study of the Utku, a small group of Inuit First Nations people who live at the mouth of the Back River, northwest of Hudson Bay. Living with a family as their "adopted" daughter--sharing their iglu during the winter and pitching her tent next to theirs in the summer--Briggs observed the emotional...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0674608283
ISBN13:9780674608283
Release Date:January 1971
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:408 Pages
Weight:1.13 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.7" x 8.7"
Customer Reviews
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Touching first hand account
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Never In Anger was an assigned book for my first year anthropology class at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Jean Briggs' alma mater. This ethnography opened my eyes to the wonderful field of cultural anthropology. Jean's honesty concerning her observations of her adopted family made the story real for me, and would for anyone. Never In Anger is a wonderful study of a culture that highly prizes emotional restraint and family ties. By reading this book, one is forced to draw parallels to today's Western Societial values. Highly recommended!
You try living on the edge of survival in an alien culture..
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
It's an engaging first-hand account from an anthropologist who went to live with an Inuit family. She gives a very candid account of her own difficulties in adapting to their culture.
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