Boundaries and passages : rule and ritual in Yup'ik Eskimo oral tradition /
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| Author / Creator: | Fienup-Riordan, Ann |
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| 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 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1560153 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Metaphors to Live By: The Boy Who Went to Live with the Seals and the Girl Who Returned from the Dead
- 2. The Relationship between Humans and Animals
- 3. Clearing the Way: The Entry of Animals into the Human World
- 4. Preparing the Path: Becoming a Real Person
- 5. The Reproduction of Life: The Relationship between Men, Women, and Animals
- 6. Boundaries and Passages of the Human Body
- 7. Death and the Renewal of Life
- 8. Yupik Spatial Orientation: The Ringed Center
- 9. Nakaciuq: The Bladder Festival
- 10. Elriq and Kelek: Living Spirits and the Souls of the Dead
- 11. Kevgiq and Petugtaq: Ambiguity and Renewal
- 12. Following the Universe.