Eskimo boyhood : an autobiography in psychosocial perspective /

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Author / Creator:Kakianak, Nathan.
Imprint:[Lexington] : University Press of Kentucky, [1974]
Description:1 online resource (440 pages).
Language:English
Series:Studies in anthropology ; no. 8
Studies in anthropology (Lexington, Ky.) ; no. 8.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11305522
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Other authors / contributors:Hughes, Charles C. (Charles Campbell)
ISBN:9780813163505
0813163501
9780813153162
0813153166
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary:Here is a unique view of life as experienced by a young Eskimo. The autobiography was written by a youth in his early twenties who relates the details of his boyhood life, recalling the feelings accompanying his experiences. In addition to allowing Nathan simply to relate his story thereby illustrating the uniqueness of an individual life, Mr. Hughes sets the autobiography in a broader context, which illustrates the major trends in sociocultural changes in a small and isolated corner of the world. Not only were different answers required in this new evolving world, but different questions ...
Story of an Eskimo growing up on St. Lawrence Island during 1930's and 1940's and an analysis of the major trends in socio-cultural change in a small and isolated corner of the world.
Other form:Print version: Kakianak, Nathan. Eskimo boyhood. [Lexington] : University Press of Kentucky, [1974] 0813113016