{"product_id":"quaqtaq-louis-jacques-dorais-9780802079527","title":"Quaqtaq: Modernity and Identity in an Inuit Community","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow, in a world that is drastically changing, can the Inuit preserve their identity? Louis-Jacques Dorais explores this question in \u003cem\u003eQuaqtaq\u003c\/em\u003e, the first ethnography of a contemporary Canadian Inuit community to be published in over twenty-five years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe community of Quaqtaq is a small village on Hudson Strait where hunting and gathering are still the mainstays of life. In this description of Quaqtaq, based on data collected over a thirty-year period, we get a glimpse of its early cultural history, its development into a settled community, and its present realities. Dorais identifies three principal manifestations of local identity - kinship, religion, and language - that persist despite the brutal intrusion of modernity. He concludes by examining the role politics and education have played in the relationship between Quaqtaq and the outside world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuaqtaq\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique and important study that will be of interest to scholars, administrators, and citizens of Inuit and other native communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis-Jacques Dorais\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802079520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802079527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.42w x 0.44d","brand":"Louis-Jacques Dorais","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867311034623,"sku":"9780802079527","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1893199-087e-45f3-ba25-0888dcc3140d.jpg?v=1747454442","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quaqtaq-louis-jacques-dorais-9780802079527","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}