TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kakianak,Nathan
AU  - Hughes,Charles C.
AU  - 
TI  - Eskimo boyhood: an autobiography in psychosocial perspective 
T2  - Studies in anthropology
SN  - 9780813163505
AV  - E99 .E855 1974
PY  - 1974///
CY  - [Lexington]
PB  - University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Kakianak, Nathan
KW  - Eskimos
KW  - Alaska
KW  - Saint Lawrence Island
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Biography
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 1; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part One: Place, Time, and Person; Part Two: The Life; 1. At Camp; 2. A Child's View of School; 3. The New House; 4. War; 5. Fourth of July Footrace; 6. Bird Netting with Kakianak; 7. Nathan Joins the Church; 8. Unloading the Ship; 9. The Dream Seal; 10. A Hard Lesson; 11. Truant Hunter; 12. The Christmas Prograin; 13. A Crewman for Kogoyak; 14. Akoak's Death; 15. The Ancient Enemy; 16. High Seas to Savoonga; 17. Back to Southwest Cape; Part Three: Self and Society; Postlude; References Cited; 2; b
N2  - Here is a unique view of life as experienced by a young Eskimo. The autobiography was written by a youth in his early twenties who relates the details of his boyhood life, recalling the feelings accompanying his experiences. In addition to allowing Nathan simply to relate his story thereby illustrating the uniqueness of an individual life, Mr. Hughes sets the autobiography in a broader context, which illustrates the major trends in sociocultural changes in a small and isolated corner of the world. Not only were different answers required in this new evolving world, but different questions; Story of an Eskimo growing up on St. Lawrence Island during 1930's and 1940's and an analysis of the major trends in socio-cultural change in a small and isolated corner of the world
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