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The Shackles of tradition / Central Independent Television ; written and presented by Bruce Dakowski ; produced and directed by Andre Singer.
Penn Museum Library DVD GN21.B56 S43 1990b
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Strangers abroad.
- Pioneers of social anthropology.
- Strangers abroad
- Pioneers of social anthropology
- Language:
- English
- Inuktitut
- Wakashan languages
- Subjects (All):
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
- Boas, Franz.
- Anthropologists--United States--Biography.
- Anthropologists.
- Kwakiutl Indians.
- Manners and customs.
- Inuit--Social life and customs.
- Inuit.
- United States.
- British Columbia.
- Kwakiutl Indians--British Columbia--Social life and customs.
- Anthropology--Fieldwork--History.
- Anthropology.
- Anthropology--Fieldwork.
- History.
- Arctic peoples.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Biographical television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (52 minutes) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Title sometimes shown as: Franz Boas : the shackles of tradition
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1990.
- Language Note:
- In English with some spoken Inuktitut and Kwakiutl with either spoken translation or English-language subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital optical
- full screen (1.33:1)
- NTSC
- video file DVD-R video region 1
- Summary:
- Explores the life and career of Franz Boas, from his early fieldwork among the Inuit and the Indians of the Canadian Pacific coast, to his work as the first American social scientist to challenge the notions of racial inferiority prevalent at the beginning of the twentieth century.
- Participant:
- Franz Boas' voice, Peter Whitman.
- Credits:
- Camera, Mike Thomson; editor, Chris Christophe; anthropological consultant, Peter Riviere; music, Mark Emney.
- Notes:
- Originally produced by Central Independent Television in 1985 in two parts, the first dealing with Boas' work at Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, and the second with his work among the peoples of British Columbia and associated islands, notibly the Kwakiutl.
- Videodisc. [S.l. : s.n., 2016] DVD-R.
- OCLC:
- 1018293940
- Publisher Number:
- FFH 2542 Films for the Humanities and Sciences
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