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Arctic
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END OF SEASON OFFER 2008
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151 |
| ISBN
978-90-5789-151-9 |
| 300
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| Leiden
2007 |
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| Connecting
and Correcting: A Case Study of Sami Healers in Porsanger |
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| Barbara
H. Miller |
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| Connecting
and Correcting is
a case study of Sami healers in Porsanger, Finnmark,
Norway, and focuses on two Coastal Sami healers, their
worldview and healing practices. Barbara Miller explores
the cultural and historic context of Sami healing practices,
most notably Sami folk beliefs, the Laestadian branch
of Lutheranism, and the changes in the discourse on
the noaidi , a Sami term that is often translated
as ?shaman'. As she point out, healers today may be
connected historically to the noaidi of the
past, but they cannot be identified with the noaidi
. The healers are Christian and conceive of their
healing gift as a special connection to God. This gift
resembles important Laestadian concepts. In Laestadianism
the ?congregation of the reborn' holds the Keys to Heaven,
which are the binding and unbinding keys received from
the Savior.
Barbara
Miller conducted fieldwork from 1995-2006 and made extensive
interviews with healers and their patients. These interviews
comprise a great part of the book. She was in the rare
position to witness the transfer of the healing gift
between her two main informants, a process that occurred
in the years 2000-2002.
(In English, 300 pp. ill.)
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129 |
| ISBN
978-90-5789-094-9 |
| 300 pp. |
| Leiden
2004 |
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| Furs
and Fabrics. Transformations, Clothing and Identity in
East Greenland |
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| Cunera
Buijs |
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Furs
and Fabrics is a book about the Tunumiit of East
Greenland and their perspective on dress and identity.
It examines and discusses the relationship between dress
and identity in local society over a period of more than
one hundred years. The time frame has been divided into
three periods, namely the nineteenth century, early twentieth
century and late twentieth century to the present day.
More specifically, the book discusses the various levels
of identity of the Tunumiit, and considers how these identities
are reflected in their dress. Emphasis is placed on the
effect of new forms of identity on East Greenland clothing
and accessories.
Garments of the nineteenth century were almost exclusively
made of fur and leather. These garments are now only preserved
in museums, notably in Greenland, Denmark and Northern
Europe. The study contains a discussion of the production
and decoration of these early garments and places them
in the context of the complex relationships between the
social and religious aspects of Tunumiit culture on the
one hand and the people’s harsh natural environment
on the other.
In the first decades of the twentieth century Western
clothing became available at the trading posts. These
garments were rapidly integrated into the Tunumiit clothing
system. At the same time the Tunumiit adopted clothing
traditions from West Greenland. The Lutheran Church subsequently
influenced the development of these West Greenland forms
into Tunumiit festive dress. The book also discusses the
role of various economic and political changes that also
contributed to transformations in Tunumiit dress.
During the second half of the twentieth century, traditional
fur and leather clothing almost disappeared, and outside
influences on East Greenland clothing increased, due to
the growing political and economic links between Greenlanders
and Danes and the modernization of Greenland in general.
The Tunumiit adopted Euro-American fashion and dress concepts.
However, this recent development is not the end of the
story. The present book also looks at the impact of increasing
social and economic differences between East Greenlanders,
West Greenlanders and Danes, stimulating the Tunumiit
to consciously express their cultural identity in their
clothing and the way they dress. Groups supporting self
government and those interested in reviving regional culture
now actively stimulate the use of local garments as symbols
and emblems of their own Tunumiit identity.
(In English, 300 pp. incl.photogr., figs., app. and index)
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van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde Leiden, no. 32 |
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| Mourir
et renaître. La réception du Christianisme
par les Inuit de l'Arctique de l'Est canadien (1890-1940)
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| Frédéric
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A la fin du XIXe siècle, les missionaires jugeaient
les Inuit "inconvertissables". Un siècle
plus tard, les aînés de l'Arctique canadien
revendiquent leur identité chrétienne, soulignant
avec fierté les concordances entre le christianisme
et leurs traditions millénaires. Ce livre offre
quelques pistes pour comprendre ce retournement de situation.
(En Français, 560 pp., avec photogr., bibl. et
annexes)
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85H |
| ISBN
978- 90-5789-036-9 |
| 366 pp. |
| Leiden
2000 |
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| A
Grammar of Mödruvallabók |
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| Andrea
de Leeuw van Weenen |
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Andrea De Leeuw van Weenen has studied Mödruvallabók
since 1979 and published a lemmatized index and a complete
concordance in 1987, together with the underlying transcription
of the text.
Thorough descriptions of the orthography and morphology
of the manuscript constitute the main part of the present
work. The resulting picture differs in several aspects
from that in the existing grammars of Old Icelandic. Where
necessary, results are given for each saga separately.
All results are quantified; distributions of rivalling
forms and paradigms are given where appropriate, so that
relative frequencies can be determined.
For each word class the density of attestations for the
paradigmatic slots is given. This may serve to judge the
likelihood of analogous formations.
(In English, hardback, 366 pp. incl.
bibl. and index)
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| No.
85P |
| ISBN
978-90-5789-036-9
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| 366 pp. |
| Leiden
2000 |
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€ 36,00 |
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this book |
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| A
Grammar of Mödruvallabók |
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| Andrea
de Leeuw van Weenen |
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Andrea
De Leeuw van Weenen has studied Mödruvallabók
since 1979 and published a lemmatized index and a complete
concordance in 1987, together with the underlying transcription
of the text.
Thorough descriptions of the orthography and morphology
of the manuscript constitute the main part of the present
work. The resulting picture differs in several aspects
from that in the existing grammars of Old Icelandic. Where
necessary, results are given for each saga separately.
All results are quantified; distributions of rivalling
forms and paradigms are given where appropriate, so that
relative frequencies can be determined.
For each word class the density of attestations for the
paradigmatic slots is given. This may serve to judge the
likelihood of analogous formations.
(In English, paperback, 366 pp. incl.
bibl. and index) |
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| No.
74 |
| ISBN
978-90-5789-020-8
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| 220 pp. |
| Leiden
1999 |
| Price:
€ 22,80 |
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| Arctic
Identities. Continuity and change in Inuit and Saami societies |
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| Jarich
Oosten and Cornelius Remie (eds.) |
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Arctic Identities focuses on processes of change
among the small nations of the Circumpolar North, notably
the Inuit of northern Canada and Greenland and the Saami
of northern Scandinavia. These small nations have been
incorporated in modern nation states as a result of processes
of colonization. In the course of that process their lifestyles
and cultures were largely destroyed. Today, we witness
a cultural revival as these small nations are trying to
restore their own cultural identities and adapt to the
requirements of modern economy and technology.
New cultural and ethnic identities are created that imply
an ideological positioning of past and present identities.
They articulate the image of the 'traditional' hunter
or herder in accordance with present interests and values.
Various forms of representing and expressing identities
are examined.
In Arctic Identities particular emphasis is given
to the importance of differences in cultural perspectives:
Western perspectives of Inuit and Saami, as well as Inuit
and Saami perspectives of themselves. The book discusses
the development of these perspectives as well as ideological
and political debates of today.
(In English, 220 pp. incl. photogr.) |
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49 |
| ISBN
978-90-73782-72-3 |
| 214 pp. |
| Leiden
1996 |
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€ 22,80 |
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| Braving
the Cold. Continuity and change in Arctic Clothing |
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| Cunera
Buijs and Jarich Oosten |
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Survival in the Arctic has always depended on garments
that can withstand the cold. Western polar explorers soon
found out that the clothing of the circumpolar people
were far superior to anything Western society could produce.
Native women had an intimate knowledge of the materials,
designs and sewing techniques required to survive in their
harsh climate. Even now traditional materials and techniques
are still superior to modern clothing, and often men still
prefer traditional clothing to modern garments when they
go out hunting in the cold.
In 1994, the National Museum of Ethnology and the School
of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies (CNWS) organized
the seminar "Braving the Cold: Continuity and Change
in Arctic Clothing". Leading scholars in the field
were invited to discuss central issues in the study of
Arctic clothing, notably with respect to continuity and
change in the area. This book contains the results of
the seminar covering a wide range of topics: the history
and prehistory of arctic clothing, the materials and designs
which were used by the seamstresses, the regional variation
in styles and materials, the meaning and symbolism attached
to different forms of garments in the past as well as
in modern times. The book will be highly relevant to arctic
specialists as well as scholars studying material culture.
(In English, 214 pp. incl. photogr. and figs.) |
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| No.
15 |
| ISBN
978-90-73782-18-1
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| 140 pp. |
| Leiden
1993 |
| Price:
€ 19,20 |
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| Continuity
and discontinuity in Arctic cultures. Essays
in honour of Gerti Nooter, curator at the National Museum
of Ethnology,1970-1990 |
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| Cunera
Buijs (ed.) |
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This
book is published on the occasion of the retirement of
Gerti Nooter as curator of North America and the Arctic
regions, National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands.
The articles in this book reflect the wide range of Gerti
Nooter's interests, from material culture to social and
political organisation. They illustrate how unpredictable
the consequences of change in material culture can be.
The book includes the following articles:
Nellejet Zorgdrager, The enigma of the woman's horned
cap. Cultural change among the Sami of Finmark, Norway;
Raymond Newell, Five hundred years of success and
continuity in traditional Iñupiat land-use and
subsistence economy;
Trinette Constandse-Westermann, Continuity and change
in Arviligjuarmiut demography;
Cornelius Remie, Ermalik and Kukigak. Continuity
and discontinuity in Pelly Bay, Northwest Territories,
Canada;
Willem Rasing, The case of Kolitalik. On the encounter
of Iglulingmiut culture and Canadian justice;
Cunera Buijs, The disappearance of traditional meat-sharing
systems among the Tinitekilaamiut of East Greenland and
the Arviligjuarmiut and Iglulingmiut of Canada.
(In English, 140 +vii pp., incl. ill., photographs, bibl.) |
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in cooperation with the National Museum of Ethnology -
Leiden, The Netherlands. |
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