Making a living : place, food, and economy in an Inuit community / Nicole Gombay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gombay, Nicole, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inuit--Food--Québec (Province)--Puvirnituq.

Inuit.

Inuit--Food--Economic aspects--Québec (Province)--Puvirnituq.

Inuit--Québec (Province)--Puvirnituq--Economic conditions.

Inuit--Québec (Province)--Puvirnituq--Social conditions.

Inuit--Government policy--Canada.

Genre:

Libros electronicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages) : illustrations, maps

Distribution:

Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2016.

Place of Publication:

Saskatoon [Saskachewan] : Purich Pub., [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Although food is vital to our daily lives, we tend to be unaware of the particulars of where it came from and how it was produced. We simply go to the market and buy what we need in neatly packaged containers. But what was required to get that food there in the first place? In some societies obtaining food is not merely a matter of going to market. Instead it involves the active participation of community members in its harvesting, distributing, and sharing so that ideally no one goes without. Such is the case of many Indigenous communities, including Puvirnituq, the Inuit settlement in Northern Quebec that is the setting for this book. Until recently, most residents of this Arctic village made their living off the land. Successful hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering, so vital to people's survival, were underpinned by the expectation that food should be shared. As the Inuit were in some cases drawn and in others forced to move into settlements, they have had to confront how to accommodate their belief in sharing to the demands of a market economy. Rooted in phenomenological engagements with place, and using the commoditization of country foods harvested from the local environment as a vehicle, the author documents the experiences of an Inuit community as it strives to retain the values rooted in life on the land while adjusting to the realities of life in settlements."--Pub. website.

Contents:

1. Placing Economics: Telling Stories About Food and Making a Living [Food security]

Introduction; Welcome to Puvirnituq; Narrative; Place; Issues of Economics; The Place of Economy and the Economy of Place

2. The Place of Country Foods

Country Foods in Place

Niqituinnaq

Seasons, Weather, Time, and Country Foods

Common Property and Country Foods

Animal Relations and Country Foods

The Social Relations of Country Foods

Memory, Home, and Country Foods

Knowledge, Place, and Country Foods

Health and Country Foods

Politics and Country Foods

Economics and Country Foods. 3. The Political Economy of Nunavik and the Commoditization of Country Foods

Government Approaches to Economic Development in the Canadian North

The Political Economy of Nunavik

The Commoditization of Country Foods among Inuit: An Overview

Forms of Commoditization in Nunavik

4. Sold Down the River: The Business of Country Foods in Puvirnituq

History, Economy, and Society

The Commoditization of Country Foods in Puvirnituq.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-895830-75-3

1-895830-74-5

OCLC:

1408682436