Saviors, "Sealfies," and Seals: Strategies for Self-Representation in Contemporary Inuit Films // Salvadores, "sealfies" y focas: Estrategias de autorepresentación en películas inuit contemporáneas

• Published in: Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment
• Main Author: Athens, Allison K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Alcalá 2014
• Subjects: Animal Rights; Inuit; Inupiat; "sealfie"; self-representation; food security // derechos de los animales; autorepresentación; seguridad alimentaria; Derecho; Foca; Focas; inuit
• Online Access: https://ecozona.eu/article/view/612

The legibility of the inter-relationships between human and seal is what is at stake when Inuit present themselves within administrative discourses at international assemblies in defense of their ontology and the right to hunt seals. In the language of administration and in the narrative practices o...