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Richard J. Preston - Cree Narrative - 9780773523623 - V9780773523623
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Cree Narrative

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Description for Cree Narrative Paperback. A vivid account of the values and world view of an indigenous society. Series: Carleton Library Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Based primarily on the oral accounts of John Blackned, Cree Narrative offers a detailed account of traditional Cree society. The result is an integrated picture of Cree thought, feelings, and beliefs relating to living on and with the land. For this expanded reissue of his pioneering work in cognitive anthropology, Richard Preston has added four new chapters. He contextualizes his original research and provides historical and social context for the Waskaganish area during the time of his fieldwork in the 1960s. He also includes a biography of John Blackned and a new selection of Blackned's stories that vividly portray Cree experience at the end of the fur trade period in the early nineteen hundreds. To step into the sensibility of another culture and portray it wisely and with love is a rare accomplishment. Richard Preston achieved this in the original edition of Cree Narrative, published in a limited fashion by Canada's National Museum of Man in 1975, and continues it here.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Series
Carleton Library Series
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773523623
SKU
V9780773523623
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Reviews for Cree Narrative
"Preston was very much ahead of his time and his work represents one of the main thrusts of cultural anthropology as it is now taught and researched. His approach weaves a comprehensive, integrated overview of Cree thought - there is no one else the researcher can consult for this perspective. Even for the Crees, Preston's work is a repository of lost knowledge as he conducted his study on the eve of the their making significant changes to their society by signing the James Bay Agreement in 1975." Toby Morantz, Anthropology, McGill University

- "An extremely important book." American Anthropologist

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