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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of British Columbia Press
ISBN-100774814950
ISBN-139780774814959
eBay Product ID (ePID)73296964
Product Key Features
Number of Pages344 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHome Is the Hunter : the James Bay Cree and Their Land
Publication Year2009
SubjectCanada / Pre-Confederation (To 1867), Human Geography, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), Native American
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorHans M. Carlson
SeriesNature History Society Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight19.4 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsIt is the question and power of narratives on which Carlson's book turns. His study is thick with a multitude of them, and he seamlessly blends different narratives within each chapter, usually setting up his own interpretation against the dominant ones. He is particularly concerned with the interplay of culture and environment that often gets downplayed or ignored entirely in other studies. […] Carlson does more than write the Cree into our narrative; he pens a Cree-centered narrative that writes newcomers into it, and it is this aspect of Carlson's book that is the most compelling. […] Home Is the Hunter is an excellent study of human and environmental relationships. […] Anyone with a minimal understanding of this place and these people should read this book, if only to see where their narratives fit in with others and to gain a greater appreciation for the history of the Cree and for the potential dangers to which we all contribute by pulling resources from the periphery while at the same time imposing our outsider understandings over local ones., "It is the question and power of narratives on which Carlson's book turns. His study is thick with a multitude of them, and he seamlessly blends different narratives within each chapter, usually setting up his own interpretation against the dominant ones. He is particularly concerned with the interplay of culture and environment that often gets downplayed or ignored entirely in other studies. [... Carlson does more than write the Cree into our narrative; he pens a Cree-centered narrative that writes newcomers into it, and it is this aspect of Carlson's book that is the most compelling. [... Home Is the Hunter is an excellent study of human and environmental relationships. [... Anyone with a minimal understanding of this place and these people should read this book, if only to see where their narratives fit in with others and to gain a greater appreciation for the history of the Cree and for the potential dangers to which we all contribute by pulling resources from the periphery while at the same time imposing our outsider understandings over local ones."- Jonathan Clapperton, University of Saskatchewan, H-Canada
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal971.4/11500497323
Table Of ContentForeword: Dignity and Power / Graeme Wynn Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Why James Bay? 2 Imagining the Land 3 Inland Engagement 4 Christians and Cree 5 Marginal Existences 6 Management and Moral Economy 7 Flooding the Garden 8 Conclusion: Journeys of Wellness, Walks of the Heart Postscript Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisThe James Bay Cree lived in relative isolation until 1970, when Northern Quebec was swept up in the political and cultural changes of the Quiet Revolution. Home Is the Hunter presents the historical, environmental, and cultural context from which this recent story grows., Since 1970 in Quebec, there has been immense change for the Cree, who now live with the consequences of Quebec's massive development of the North. Home Is the Hunter presents the historical, environmental, and cultural context from which this recent story grows. Hans Carlson shows how the Cree view their lands as their home, their garden, and their memory of themselves as a people. By investigating the Cree's three hundred years of contact with outsiders, he illuminates the process of cultural negotiation at the foundation of ongoing political and environmental debates. This book offers a way of thinking about indigenous peoples' struggles for rights and environmental justice in Canada and elsewhere., The James Bay Cree lived in relative isolation until 1970, when Northern Quebec was swept up in the political and cultural changes of the Quiet Revolution. The ensuing years have brought immense change for the Cree, who now live with the consequences of Quebec's massive development of hydroelectricity, timber, and mineral resources in the North. Home Is the Hunter presents the historical, environmental, and cultural context from which this recent story grows. Hans Carlson shows how the Cree view their lands as their home, their garden, and their memory of themselves as a people. By investigating the Cree's relationship with the land and their three hundred years of contact with outsiders, the author illuminates the process of cultural negotiation at the foundation of ongoing political and environmental debates. This book is more than a story of dam building and industrial logging in northern Quebec. It offers a way of thinking about indigenous peoples' struggles for rights and environmental justice in Canada and elsewhere.
