Book
Inuit youth: growth and change in the Canadian Arctic
Rutger University Press • New Brunswick, N.j. • Published In 1987 • Pages: 252
By: Condon, Richard G. (Richard Guy).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is a comprehensive study of adolescent development in the central Canadian Arctic, with a particular focus on the Inuit community of Holman Island. After presenting brief introductory data on his methodology, the geography of the region, and the community structure of the Inuit on Holman Island, Condon turns his full attention to a analysis of the status and position of the adolescent in Copper Inuit society. Starting with the various life stages and cycles through which they pass, the author describes the seasonal cycle of events which affect adolescents (e.g., hunting, fishing, traveling, etc.), their family relationships, friends, peer groups, sexual behavior, mate selection, school work, and aspirations. The work concludes with a discussion on adolescent rebellion and deviance in Inuit society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Annual cycle
- Social relationships and groups
- Arranging a marriage
- Family relationships
- Premarital sex relations
- Adolescent activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Copper Inuit
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- 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
- Book
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982-1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1978-1983
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Holman Island, Northwest Territories, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard G. Condon
- Includes bibliographical references (p.239-243) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86202577
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Copper Eskimos