Can I read Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 : Journals and Letters on EtoBox?

Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 : Journals and Letters by and introduced by Ludger Müller-Wille is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 : Journals and Letters about?

In the summer of 1883, Franz Boas, widely regarded as one of the fathers of Inuit anthropology, sailed from Germany to Baffin Island to spend a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound. This was his introduction to the Arctic and to anthropological fieldwork. This book presents, for the first time, his letters and journal entries from the year that he spent among the Inuit, providing not only an insightful background to his numerous scientific articles about Inuit culture, but a comprehensive and engaging narrative as well.Using a Scottish whaling station as his base, Boas travelled widely with the Inuit, learning their language, living in their tents and snow houses, sharing their food, and experiencing their joys and sorrows. At the same time he was taking detailed notes and surveying and mapping the landscape and coastline. Ludger Müller-Wille has transcribed his journals and his letters to his parents and fiancé and woven these texts into a sequential narrative. The result is a fascinating study of one of the earliest and most successful examples of participatory observation among the Inuit. Originally published in German in 1994, the text has been translated into English by Wi

Author

and introduced by Ludger Müller-Wille

Publisher

University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9781442675049

Subjects

Anthropology, History, Travel