The sociality of indigenous dance in Alaska : happiness, tradition, and environment among Yupik on St. Lawrence Island and Iñupiat in Utqiaġvik /

The sociality of indigenous dance in Alaska : happiness, tradition, and environment among Yupik on St. Lawrence Island and Iñupiat in Utqiaġvik /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ikuta, Hiroko (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Series:Arctic worlds.
Subjects:
Yupik dance > Alaska > Saint Lawrence Island.
Inuit dance > Alaska > Utqiaġvik.
Yupik Eskimos > Rites and ceremonies.
Inupiat > Rites and ceremonies.
Dance > Social aspects > Alaska.
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska) > Social life and customs.
Utqiaġvik (Alaska) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Political landscape of St. Lawrence Island Yupik and Iñupiaq dance
  • Dance, drum, and song as equilateral triangle
  • Embodied knowledge and relations with the environment
  • Dance, happiness and personhood
  • Ways of speaking and ways of dancing
  • Indigenous dance, heritage festivals and reciprocity.