Eskimo Poems
Abstract The Danish ethnographer Knud Rasmussen (1879-1935) led the Fifth Thule Expedition across northern Canada from Baffin Island to Alaska during the years 1921-1924. This expedition constituted the first traverse of the North west Passage by dog sled. Along the way, Rasmussen made detailed ethn...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0028 2023-12-31T10:04:55+01:00 Eskimo Poems Rasmussen, Knud 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0028 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52479600/isbn-9780195061024-book-part-28.pdf unknown Oxford University PressNew York, NY A Republic Of Rivers page 165-170 ISBN 9780195061024 9780197725870 book-chapter 1990 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195061024.003.0028 2023-12-06T08:45:00Z Abstract The Danish ethnographer Knud Rasmussen (1879-1935) led the Fifth Thule Expedition across northern Canada from Baffin Island to Alaska during the years 1921-1924. This expedition constituted the first traverse of the North west Passage by dog sled. Along the way, Rasmussen made detailed ethnological and archaeological studies of the Inuit, a research project that eventually produced a monumental ten-volume work totalling over 5,000 pages. Rasmussen was interested in all cultural aspects of the Eskimo as they are found in the circumpolar north. Toward this end, he gathered and translated Eskimo folk tales, oral narratives, religious myths, songs; and poems. These poems are found scattered through the many volumes of his study, a few volumes of which were published posthumously. Book Part Baffin Island Baffin eskimo* inuit North West Passage Alaska Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 165 170 |
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Abstract The Danish ethnographer Knud Rasmussen (1879-1935) led the Fifth Thule Expedition across northern Canada from Baffin Island to Alaska during the years 1921-1924. This expedition constituted the first traverse of the North west Passage by dog sled. Along the way, Rasmussen made detailed ethnological and archaeological studies of the Inuit, a research project that eventually produced a monumental ten-volume work totalling over 5,000 pages. Rasmussen was interested in all cultural aspects of the Eskimo as they are found in the circumpolar north. Toward this end, he gathered and translated Eskimo folk tales, oral narratives, religious myths, songs; and poems. These poems are found scattered through the many volumes of his study, a few volumes of which were published posthumously. |
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY |
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1990 |
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Baffin Island Baffin eskimo* inuit North West Passage Alaska |
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A Republic Of Rivers page 165-170 ISBN 9780195061024 9780197725870 |
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