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Man : wolf : woman : dog
Arctic anthropology • 13 (1) • Published In 1976 • Pages: 25-34
By: Sharp, Henry S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Using Levi-Strauss's structural analysis of myths to analyze non-mythical behavior, Sharp interprets the symbolism of dogs and wolves in Chipewyan thought. According to Sharp, dogs and wolves fall into the binary oppositions of culture:nature, male:female, respectively, although the relationships are more complex and ambiguous. Sharp constructs his own four-part model to show this complexity. Wolves represent an ideal for human organization and behavior whereas dogs represent the messy reality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Domesticated animals
- Cosmology
- Mythology
- Ethnozoology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chipewyans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ;1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Henry S. Sharp
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 78000711
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chipewyan Indians