Mediated identity and negotiated tradition : the Iñupiaq atigi 1850-2000
Title:
Mediated identity and negotiated tradition : the Iñupiaq atigi 1850-2000
JLCTITLE245:
by Cydny Brynn Martin.
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Publication Information:
2001.
Physical Description:
xviii, 255 leaves : illustrations, map ; 28 cm
General Note:
"May 2001."
Abstract:
"The Iñupiaq parka and associated activities constitute an unbroken practice from the prehistoric to modern times. The overall form and use of the garment remains constant while materials and technology evolve. Iñupiaq parkas, often categorized as art because of their craft, creativity, and aesthetic appeal, also serve as tangible reminders of cultural abstractions. When considered within the age-old Iñupiaq subsistence system, the position of women and the role of parka sewing suggests that both are critical to the maintenance of the human/animal relationship central to Iñupiaq culture. The Iñupiaq parka is seen to mediate between the physical and spiritual relationship of humans and animals and, in contemporary times, to make tangible the dialectic between tradition and modernity that defines Iñupiaq identity today"--Leaf iii.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 236-255).
Additional Physical Form Available:
Online version available via The University of Alaska Fairbanks https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/8623
Contents:
Preface: Catching caribou and shopping at Fred Meyers -- A beginning -- ch. 1. The Iñupiaq atigi, problem and approach -- Ethnicity and tradition: a theoretical discussion -- Ethnicity: concept and process -- Defining ethnicity -- Boundaries and markers -- Ethnicity as a tool -- Ethnicity and class -- Tradition: Symbol and process -- Tradition as a symbol -- ch. 2. Northern Alaska: Environment and people -- Environment -- Geography -- Climate -- Vegetation -- Fauna -- People -- Prehistory -- History/Ethnography -- Spirituality -- Neighbors and continental trade -- Contact -- Goods and tools -- Missionaries/Schools -- Contemporary issues -- Economics -- ch. 3. Clothing -- Clothing terminology -- Parkas through time -- Prehistoric clothing evidence -- Historic clothing evidence -- Tools and materials -- Parka attributes -- Introduction of cloth -- Gender -- Parka trim -- Changes in form and context -- Contemporary practice -- 'Traditional' Iñupiaq weddings -- Environmental function -- Social role of clothing -- Clothing, identity and ethnicity -- Choices, individual identity and tradition -- ch. 4. People and stories -- Lela: context -- Lela's parka -- Boarding school -- Elizabeth's story -- Grocery store: Nome -- Pearl's cabin -- Pearl on women's work -- Pearl on tradition -- Pearl on walrus quotas -- Anaktuvuk Pass -- Thinking about tradition -- Job -- Discussion -- ch. 5. Meaning -- Identity -- Gender -- Tradition -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Iñupiaq sewing and clothing terminology.