{"product_id":"eskimo-essays-yupik-lives-and-how-we-see-them-9780813515892","title":"Eskimo Essays: Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEskimo Essays\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the reader to important aspects of the ideology and practice of the Yup'ik Eskimos of western Alaska, past and present. The essays point the way toward a fuller recognition of how Yup'ik Eskimos differ from the popular Western image of the Eskimo that was born largely without reference to Yup'ik reality. By describing the reality of Yup'ik life, Eskimo Essays extends our understanding of Esimos in general and Yup'ik Eskimos in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnn Fienup-Riordan argues that Western observers have simultaneously naturalized Eskimos as paragons of simplicity and virtue and Western imperialism. This process has often ignored Eskimo concepts of society, history, and personhood. An original assumption of similarity to Western society has profoundly affected the current Euro-American view of Eskimo history and action. Non-natives have taken an idealized Western individual, dressed that person up in polar garb, and then assumed they understood the garment's maker. The result is a presentation of Eskimo society that often tells us more about the meaning we seek in our own. Moreover, modern Eskimos have risen to the challenge and to some extent become what we have made them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBridging the gap between informed scholarships and popular concepts, Fienup-Riordan provides a compelling and fresh presentation of Yup'ik life-cosmology, the missionary experience, attitudes toward conservation, Eskimo art, the legal system, warfare, and ceremonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Fienup-Riordan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.97w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813515892","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40180638941299,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9419b84b-4ce2-4857-930d-52b9688870f8.jpg?v=1655471053","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/eskimo-essays-yupik-lives-and-how-we-see-them-9780813515892","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}