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- catalog abstract ""In August 1975 at Foxholm Lake on the reserve of the Chipewyan, a Northern Dene people, in the Northwest Territories of Canada, anthropologist Henry S. Sharp and two members of the Mission Band encountered a loon. Loons are prized for their meat and skin, so the two Chipewyan tried - thirty times - to kill it. The loon, in a brazen display of power, thwarted these attempts and in doing so revealed itself to be a "spirit." In this book, Sharp embarks on a narrative exploration of the Chipewyan culture that examines the nature of a reality within which wild animals are both persons and spirits. In an unforgettable journey through the symbolic universe and daily life of the Chipewyan of Mission, his work uses the context and meaning of the loon encounter to show how spirits are an actual and almost omnipresent aspect of life.". "To explain how the Chipewyan create and order the shared reality of their culture, Sharp develops a series of analytical metaphors that draw heavily on quantum mechanics. His central premise: reality is an indeterminate phenomenon created through the sharing of meaning between cultural beings. In support of this argument, Sharp examines such topics as the nature of time, power, gender, animals, memory, gossip, magical death, and the construction of meaning. Creatively argued and evocatively written, his work presents a compelling picture of one people engaged in the human struggle to create meaning."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12092829.
- catalog coverage "Northwest Territories Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In August 1975 at Foxholm Lake on the reserve of the Chipewyan, a Northern Dene people, in the Northwest Territories of Canada, anthropologist Henry S. Sharp and two members of the Mission Band encountered a loon. Loons are prized for their meat and skin, so the two Chipewyan tried - thirty times - to kill it. The loon, in a brazen display of power, thwarted these attempts and in doing so revealed itself to be a "spirit." In this book, Sharp embarks on a narrative exploration of the Chipewyan culture that examines the nature of a reality within which wild animals are both persons and spirits.".
- catalog description ""To explain how the Chipewyan create and order the shared reality of their culture, Sharp develops a series of analytical metaphors that draw heavily on quantum mechanics. His central premise: reality is an indeterminate phenomenon created through the sharing of meaning between cultural beings. In support of this argument, Sharp examines such topics as the nature of time, power, gender, animals, memory, gossip, magical death, and the construction of meaning. Creatively argued and evocatively written, his work presents a compelling picture of one people engaged in the human struggle to create meaning."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "In an unforgettable journey through the symbolic universe and daily life of the Chipewyan of Mission, his work uses the context and meaning of the loon encounter to show how spirits are an actual and almost omnipresent aspect of life.".".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-211) and index.".
- catalog description "Loon -- Mission -- Indeterminacy -- Foxholm Lake -- The whites' land -- Loon II -- Wild things -- Time -- Animals -- Wolf -- Dog -- Loon III -- Talking about things -- Loon IV -- Meaning -- Death by meaning -- Event and memory -- Future memory -- Loon V.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 216 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Loon.".
- catalog identifier "0803242921 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Loon.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press,".
- catalog relation "Loon.".
- catalog spatial "Northwest Territories Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "305.897/2 21".
- catalog subject "Chipewyan Indians Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Chipewyan mythology.".
- catalog subject "Chipewyan philosophy.".
- catalog subject "E99.C56 S53 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Loon -- Mission -- Indeterminacy -- Foxholm Lake -- The whites' land -- Loon II -- Wild things -- Time -- Animals -- Wolf -- Dog -- Loon III -- Talking about things -- Loon IV -- Meaning -- Death by meaning -- Event and memory -- Future memory -- Loon V.".
- catalog title "Loon : memory, meaning, and reality in a northern Dene community / Henry S. Sharp.".
- catalog type "text".