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Hunters, Predators and Prey : Inuit Perceptions of Animals by Frédéric Laugrand and Jarich Oosten is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hunters, Predators and Prey : Inuit Perceptions of Animals about?
Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. The authors examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit , a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. After these non-social and inedible animals, they discuss the dog, the companion of the hunter, and the fellow hunter, the bear, considered to resemble a human being. A discussion of the renewal of whale hunting accompanies the chapters about animals considered ‘prey par excellence’: the caribou, the seals and the whale, symbol of the whole. By giving precedence to Inuit categories such as ‘inua’ (owner) and ‘tarniq’ (shade) over European concepts such as ‘spirit ‘and ‘soul’, the book compares and contrasts human beings and animals to provide a better understanding of human-animal relationships in a hunting society.
Who reads Hunters, Predators and Prey : Inuit Perceptions of Animals?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Frédéric Laugrand and Jarich Oosten
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781782384069
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Folklore, Science
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