Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact

The women of northwestern Greenland experienced contact with Euro-American men in multiple ways and in a variety of geographical contexts. Together the archaeological record and unpublished historical documents reveal the complexities of these situations and women’s responses to them. Archaeological...

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Main Authors: LeMoine, Genevieve M., Kaplan, Susan A., Darwent, Christyann M.
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Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2017
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/67662 2023-05-15T14:18:56+02:00 Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact LeMoine, Genevieve M. Kaplan, Susan A. Darwent, Christyann M. 2017-02-21 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67662 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67662/51558 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67662 Copyright (c) 2016 ARCTIC ARCTIC; Vol. 69 No. 5 (2016): Supplement 1; 1–12 1923-1245 0004-0843 Inughuit Robert E. Peary George Wardwell Floeberg Beach Cape Sheridan Ellesmere Island Nunavut women pibloktoq ‘Arctic hysteria’ cap Sheridan île d’Ellesmere femmes hystérie arctique info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2017 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:24:17Z The women of northwestern Greenland experienced contact with Euro-American men in multiple ways and in a variety of geographical contexts. Together the archaeological record and unpublished historical documents reveal the complexities of these situations and women’s responses to them. Archaeological and documentary data from two early 20th-century contact situations at Iita in northwestern Greenland and Floeberg Beach on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, highlight the varied nature of women’s responses to contact and the ways in which interaction with newcomers affected them individually and collectively. The women’s responses varied over time and across space. They responded to both the stresses and the opportunities of contact with resilience and resistance, acceptance and rejection, depending on circumstances. Les femmes du nord-ouest du Groenland sont entrées en contact avec les hommes euroaméricains de plusieurs manières et dans divers contextes géographiques. Ensemble, des dossiers archéologiques et des documents historiques inédits révèlent les complexités de ces situations et la réaction des femmes vis-à-vis de celles-ci. Les données archéologiques et documentaires de deux situations de contact datant du début du XXe siècle à Iita, dans le nord-ouest du Groenland et à Floeberg Beach sur l’île d’Ellesmere, au Nunavut jettent la lumière sur la nature variée des réactions des femmes face au contact et sur la façon dont l’interaction avec les nouveaux venus les ont touchées, individuellement et collectivement. La réaction des femmes variait en fonction du temps et de l’espace. Elles ont réagi au stress et aux opportunités avec résilience et résistance, acceptation et rejet, selon les circonstances. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctique* Cape Sheridan Ellesmere Island Greenland Groenland Inughuit Nunavut University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Cape Sheridan ENVELOPE(-61.502,-61.502,82.472,82.472) Ellesmere Island Floeberg Beach ENVELOPE(-61.479,-61.479,82.460,82.460) Greenland Nunavut Peary ENVELOPE(-63.867,-63.867,-65.250,-65.250) Venus ENVELOPE(-57.842,-57.842,-61.925,-61.925) ARCTIC 69 5
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topic Inughuit
Robert E. Peary
George Wardwell
Floeberg Beach
Cape Sheridan
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
women
pibloktoq
‘Arctic hysteria’
cap Sheridan
île d’Ellesmere
femmes
hystérie arctique
spellingShingle Inughuit
Robert E. Peary
George Wardwell
Floeberg Beach
Cape Sheridan
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
women
pibloktoq
‘Arctic hysteria’
cap Sheridan
île d’Ellesmere
femmes
hystérie arctique
LeMoine, Genevieve M.
Kaplan, Susan A.
Darwent, Christyann M.
Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact
topic_facet Inughuit
Robert E. Peary
George Wardwell
Floeberg Beach
Cape Sheridan
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
women
pibloktoq
‘Arctic hysteria’
cap Sheridan
île d’Ellesmere
femmes
hystérie arctique
description The women of northwestern Greenland experienced contact with Euro-American men in multiple ways and in a variety of geographical contexts. Together the archaeological record and unpublished historical documents reveal the complexities of these situations and women’s responses to them. Archaeological and documentary data from two early 20th-century contact situations at Iita in northwestern Greenland and Floeberg Beach on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, highlight the varied nature of women’s responses to contact and the ways in which interaction with newcomers affected them individually and collectively. The women’s responses varied over time and across space. They responded to both the stresses and the opportunities of contact with resilience and resistance, acceptance and rejection, depending on circumstances. Les femmes du nord-ouest du Groenland sont entrées en contact avec les hommes euroaméricains de plusieurs manières et dans divers contextes géographiques. Ensemble, des dossiers archéologiques et des documents historiques inédits révèlent les complexités de ces situations et la réaction des femmes vis-à-vis de celles-ci. Les données archéologiques et documentaires de deux situations de contact datant du début du XXe siècle à Iita, dans le nord-ouest du Groenland et à Floeberg Beach sur l’île d’Ellesmere, au Nunavut jettent la lumière sur la nature variée des réactions des femmes face au contact et sur la façon dont l’interaction avec les nouveaux venus les ont touchées, individuellement et collectivement. La réaction des femmes variait en fonction du temps et de l’espace. Elles ont réagi au stress et aux opportunités avec résilience et résistance, acceptation et rejet, selon les circonstances.
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author LeMoine, Genevieve M.
Kaplan, Susan A.
Darwent, Christyann M.
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Darwent, Christyann M.
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title Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact
title_short Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact
title_full Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact
title_fullStr Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact
title_full_unstemmed Living on the Edge: Inughuit Women and Geography of Contact
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