{"product_id":"wandering-spirits-janne-flora-9780226610566","title":"Wandering Spirits: Loneliness and Longing in Greenland","description":"It is common to think of the Arctic as remote, perched at the farthest reaches of the world--a simple and harmonious, isolated utopia. But the reality, as Janne Flora shows us, is anything but. In \u003ci\u003eWandering Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e, Flora reveals how deeply connected the Arctic is to the rest of the world and how it has been affected by the social, political, economic, and environmental shifts that ushered in the modern age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this innovative study, Flora focuses on Inuit communities in Greenland and addresses a central puzzle: their alarmingly high suicide rate. She explores the deep connections between loneliness and modernity in the Arctic, tracing the history of Greenland and analyzing the social dynamics that shaped it. Flora's thorough, sensitive engagement with the families that make up these communities uncovers the complex interplay between loneliness and a host of economic and environmental practices, including the widespread local tradition of hunting. \u003ci\u003eWandering Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vivid portrait of a largely overlooked world, in all its fragility and nuance, while engaging with core anthropological concerns of kinship and the structure of social relations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janne Flora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022661056X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226610566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Janne Flora","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086419636479,"sku":"9780226610566","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_185e7e8b-258f-4298-99ab-41c211dac135.jpg?v=1769094569","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wandering-spirits-janne-flora-9780226610566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}