{"product_id":"bringing-home-animals-mistissini-hunters-of-northern-quebec-paperback-softback-9781894725149","title":"Bringing Home Animals; Mistissini Hunters of Northern Quebec (Paperback \/ softback) 9781894725149","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBringing Home Animals\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMistissini Hunters of Northern Quebec\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781894725149\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 November 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 40 Illustrations, color\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.523 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... breaks new ground.\" \u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.06em;\"\u003e- Edward S. Rogers, American Ethnologist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A first-rate study...thought-provoking and provocative.\" \u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.06em;\"\u003e- Charles A. Bishop \u003ci\u003eEthnohistory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[Tanner's] lively writing provides the reader with a very rewarding experience...\" \u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.06em;\"\u003e- Claude Lévi-Strauss \u003ci\u003eL'Homme\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBringing Home Animals\u003c\/em\u003e is an ethnography detailing what the author learned as a result of travelling and working with Iinuu (Cree) hunters and their families in Northern Quebec. The study was conducted from 1969–1971, and is a rich example of subsistence hunting in an Indigenous territory. The second edition revisits and updates contextual material following the construction of the James Bay hydroelectric project in the region, while preserving the original argument. \u003ci\u003eBringing Home Animals\u003c\/i\u003e explores the way of life of the Mistissini Iinuu hunters, their understanding of and adaptation to the ecology of their hunting grounds, their subsistence-based economy and its relation to market production, their land tenure system, the impact of external agencies on them, and their rich spiritual and symbolic life, particularly the rituals that show respect for the animals before, during, and following the hunt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFigures, Maps, and Tables 8 \u003cbr\u003e Foreword 10 \u003cbr\u003e Introduction to the Second Edition 13 \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements for the Second Edition 38 \u003cbr\u003e Original Preface 40 \u003cbr\u003e A Note on the Orthography of Iinuu\/Iiyuu Words 50 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Mistissini 53 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: The Ecology of Hunting 83 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: The Process of Production 107 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: The Organization of Social Space 136 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: The Ritualization of Space 153 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Rites of Hunting Divination 176 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Ritual Relations Between Hunters and Game Animals Killed 209 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Respect for the Animals Killed 231 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Mistissini Land Tenure 262 \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: Conclusion 288 \u003cbr\u003e Afterword: Can Anthropology Be Useful? 303 \u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Photographs 321 \u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Glossary of Iinuu Terms 345 \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 349 \u003cbr\u003e Index 361\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"ISER Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702369644824,"sku":"9781894725149","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bringing-home-animals-mistissini-hunters-of-northern-quebec-paperback-softback-9781894725149","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}