Ancient Land: Sacred Whale
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A01=Tom Lowenstein
alaska adventurer
Author_Tom Lowenstein
Category=JBGB
Category=JBSL11
comedy
culture
deadly ritual
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feminism
folklore
holiday
inuit
life ritualised
merrying in alaska
monumental myths
polar bear alaska
ritual demise
ritualist
rituals and runes
taming alaska
travel non-fiction
travel writing
trivia
whale road chronicles
Product details
- ISBN 9781846555763
- Weight: 234g
- Dimensions: 148 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jul 2011
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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On a tiny peninsula, the Inuit of Tikigaq worshipped the whales they killed, evolving an elaborate system of myths and rituals to accompany the hunt. Lowenstein began to explore these in 1973 and recorded the complex tales of the elders, providing a classic text on the vanishing culture of the North Alaskan wilderness.
Tom Lowenstein worked with storytellers in Point Hope, Alaska, between 1973 and 1988. He now lives in London with his partner and two daughters. He is currently working on a study of contact in the nineteenth century between Point Hope Inuit and Euro-Americans.
