The trail of the Hare : environment and stress in a sub-Arctic community / Joel S. Savishinsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Savishinsky, Joel S.

Series:

Library of anthropology

Library of anthropology, 0141-1012

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kawchottine Indians.

Stress (Psychology).

Colville Lake (N.W.T.).

Stress (Psychology)--Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Langhorne, Pa. : Gordon and Breach, [1994]

Summary:

In this second edition of his classic work, Joel Savishinsky expands and updates his highly acclaimed study of mobility and stress in a sub-Arctic community of Hare Indians. Since the publication of the first edition, the Hare have faced new challenges posed by clashes between aboriginal and contemporary values in the spheres of ecology, culture and politics -- from the Hare's rising ethnic and political awareness as a "Fourth World" community to cultural disagreements over animal rights and environmental preservation. The second edition reframes the context of Savishinsky's original conclusions on human-animal relations, environmentalism and native-white encounters to accommodate these new developments as well as current trends in anthropology itself.

Contents:

The best laid plans

Making a start

Blunders and reflections

Stress in theory and in practice

2. Ecology and Community 27

The setting

The region

The year

3. Kinship and History 69

History and identity

Kinship and the continuity of the band

Kinship, generosity and emotional restraint

Implications

4. Stress and Mobility 111

Dispersal, stress and identity

Life in a bush camp

Stress and response patterns

Space, time and tension

Residence changes and daily mobility

Reunion, privacy and publicity

Drinking, stress-seeking and movement

Conclusions and implications

5. The Missionary and the Fur Trader 167

The feud

Initiation

Allegiance, alliance and attitude

"Truth" and consequences

6. The Hare and the Dog 190

Emotional expression and socialization

Dogs and the presentation and extension of self

Discussion and conclusion

"The exalted melancholy of our fate"

Times of change and choice

Models and metaphors.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Cornell).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

2881246478

2881246184

OCLC:

29391148