the North Alaska Eskimos: a culture and personality perspective
The seemingly paradoxical aspects of Eskimo culture and personality can be parsimoniously related to an Eskimo “cultural personality” whose roots in the socialization experience may explain much of adult Eskimo behavior. This concept is also useful in analyzing precontact “legal” systems and the two...
Published in: | American Ethnologist |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
1974
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ae.1974.1.3.02a00040 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1525%2Fae.1974.1.3.02a00040 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/ae.1974.1.3.02a00040 |
Summary: | The seemingly paradoxical aspects of Eskimo culture and personality can be parsimoniously related to an Eskimo “cultural personality” whose roots in the socialization experience may explain much of adult Eskimo behavior. This concept is also useful in analyzing precontact “legal” systems and the two changes which have occurred since then. |
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