Whale snow : Iñupiat, climate change, and multispecies resilience in arctic Alaska / Chie Sakakibara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sakakibara, Chie, 1976- author.

Series:

First peoples : new directions in indigenous studies.

First peoples : new directions in indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inupiat--Social life and customs.

Inupiat.

Bowhead whale hunting.

Human-animal relationships.

Climatic changes--Alaska.

Climatic changes.

Alaska.

Physical Description:

xxix, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Tucson, Arizona] : The University of Arizona Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Chie Sakakibara shows how knots of connection came into being between humans and nonhuman others and how such intimate and intense relations will help humans survive the Anthropocene. Whale Snow offers an important and thought provoking look at global climate change as it manifests in the everyday life of the Iñupiat in Arctic Alaska"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Into the Whaling Cycle

2. Our SU a Is Changing

3. The New Harpoon

4. Our Home Is Drowning

5. No Whale, No Music.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816529612

0816529612

9780816542154

0816542155

OCLC:

1151496133