Boundaries and passages : rule and ritual in Yup'ik Eskimo oral tradition /

Boundaries and passages : rule and ritual in Yup'ik Eskimo oral tradition /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fienup-Riordan, Ann
Imprint:	Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1994.
Description:	xxiv, 389 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Civilization of the American Indian series v. 212
Subject:	Yupik Eskimos -- Folklore. Oral tradition -- Alaska. Yupik Eskimos -- Rites and ceremonies. Yupik mythology Oral tradition. Yupik Eskimos. Yupik Eskimos -- Rites and ceremonies. Yupik mythology. Alaska. Folklore.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1560153

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ISBN:	0806126043 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Summary:	A richly detailed book that brings together as complete a record of traditional Yup'ik rules and rituals as is possible in the late 20th century. Incorporating elders' recollections of the system of ruled boundaries and ritual passages that guided their parents and grandparents a century ago, Fienup
Physical Description:	xxiv, 389 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0806126043