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EAN : 9782707189578
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 326
Size : 155 x 240 mm
WILD SOULS

Collection : Sciences humaines
Release date : 28/04/2016
This particularly original book is the result of two years of fieldwork in north-eastern Alaska with the Gwich’in, a society of Athapascan hunter-gatherers. The author introduces us to the thousands of ways the Gwich’in (Little People) manage to defend themselves from the West and its crises, how they reinvent themselves... This particularly original book is the result of two years of fieldwork in north-eastern Alaska with the Gwich’in, a society of Athapascan hunter-gatherers. The author introduces us to the thousands of ways the Gwich’in (Little People) manage to defend themselves from the West and its crises, how they reinvent themselves and put themselves back together, piece by piece for some semblance of dignity.  Written in a subtle and fast-paced style, the beauty of this work is in the emotions it conjures up. They come from the author’s incredible presence, having been in the field for two years, continually attentive to everything happening, everything she felt and everything she understood – or didn’t for that matter.
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EAN : 9782707189578
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 326
Size : 155 x 240 mm
La Découverte