Sinews of Survival

The Living Legacy of Inuit Clothing

Betty Kobayashi Issenman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

1998
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-0599-5 (ISBN)

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Betty Issenman examines all aspects of winter and summer Inuit clothing, going back 4000 years, with particular emphasis on northern Canadian Inuit. She also describes the kinds of material and tools used to make the clothing. The focus is on on Inuit clothing as protection, identity, and culture bearer, roles it has played for thousands of years. No other book brings together contemporary and historical material from the circumpolar worlds with original research.

Sinews of Survival is a fascinating study of Inuit clothing, past and present. It includes over 200 illustrations of various kinds of clothing. The voices of the Inuit are heard throughout the text in quotations from consultations and the literature.

By describing one component of Inuit society, the author opens a pathway to understanding the culture as a whole.

Betty Kobayashi Issenman is a well-known specialist in Inuit clothing, a subject on which she has written and lectured extensively. From 1978 to 1988 she researched and catalogued the Artic clothing collections at the McCord Museum in Montreal, Quebec, and in 1988-1989 she was the guest curator at the museum of an exhibition of Inuit clothing called “Ivalu: Traditions du vetement inuit/Traditions of Inuit Clothing.”

Introduction

1 The Inuit: Time, Space

2 From Earth, Sea, and Sky

3 Tools and Techniques

4 Inuit Style

5 Spiritual, Social, and Artistic Traditions

6 New Explorations

Bibiliography

Appendix: Inuit Clothing Collections

Glossary of Place Names

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.1998
Zusatzinfo	16 maps
Verlagsort	Vancouver
Sprache	englisch
Maße	229 x 254 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Schönheit / Kosmetik
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7748-0599-4 / 0774805994
ISBN-13	978-0-7748-0599-5 / 9780774805995
Zustand	Neuware