John J. Honigmann was an anthropologist of rare energy and talent. In addition to writing numerous books and dozens of articles, he is the only anthropologist whose research and field experience extend across the three northern culture areas of Canada – the Western Subarctic, the Eastern Subarctic and the Arctic. Faces of the North presents a record of exceptionally high quality photographs depicting this extraordinary anthropological journey.
Cultural anthropologist Bryan Cummins has compiled a written and photographic account of Honigmann’s ethnographic work from the 1940s to the 1960s. The result is a stunning ethnohistorical account of Canada’s First Nations in the mid-20th century. The author also provides an overview of northern First Nations (Algonkians, Dene and Inuit), a history of Canadian anthropology and the sub-discipline of ethnographic photography, and a biographical account of Dr. J.J. Honigmann, the acknowledged pre-eminent chronicler of the cultural diversity of Canada’s north. His superb photographs, many of which are found throughout Faces of the North, are a rich treasure of ethnographic images depicting Inuit and First Nations culture.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 305.8/970719/0222
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Originally published: Toronto, Ont. : Natural Heritage/Natural History, 2004 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781554881598 1896219799
- LCCN
- TR140.H65
- LCCN Item number
- C8 2004eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (192 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00603340 (OCoLC)719744247 (CaOOCEL)410713
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- One: The Canadian North 12
- Two: Anthropology, Ethnology and the Canadian North 22
- Three: Ethnographic Photography: History, Hierarchy, Honigmann 40
- Four: The Ethnographic Photography of John Honigmann 64
- Attawapiskat 64
- Frobisher Bay (Iqualuit) 72
- Great Whale 78
- Inuvik 97
- Kaska 101
- Slave 112
- Five: The Evolution of an Ethnographer: John Honigmann 116
- Six: Northern First Nations: Algonkians, Dene and Inuit 142
- Notes 159
- References 170
- Index 184
- A 184
- B 185
- C 185
- D 186
- E 186
- F 187
- G 187
- H 187
- I 188
- J 188
- K 188
- L 189
- M 189
- N 189
- O 190
- P 190
- Q 191
- R 191
- S 191
- T 191
- U 192
- V 192
- W 192
- Y 192
- About the Author 193
