Bringing home methylmercury : the construction of an authoritative object of knowledge for a Cree community in Northern Quebec

• Main Author: Scott, Richard T. (Richard Tolchard)
• Other Authors: Young, A. (advisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 1993
• Subjects: Cree Indians > Health and hygiene > Québec (Province) > Chisasibi; Methylmercury > Toxicology > Québec (Province) > Chisasibi; Mercury > Toxicology > Québec (Province) > Chisasibi; Canada; Chisasibi; Cree indians; James Bay
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=69675

The thesis examines aspects of the construction of methylmercury as an authoritative object of knowledge for Chisasibi, a Cree community on the James Bay coast in northern Quebec. I describe the evolution of a particular set of spheres of exchange which mediate economic relations between the Cree co...