Boundaries and passages : rule and ritual in Yup'ik Eskimo oral tradition / by Ann Fienup-Riordan.
This book brings together as complete a record of traditional Yupik rules and rituals as is possible in the late twentieth century. Incorporating elders' recollections of the system of ruled boundaries and ritual passages that guided their parents and grandparents a century ago, Ann Fienup-Riordan brings into focus the complex, creative Yupik world view - expressed by ceremonial exchanges and the cycling of names, gifts, and persons - which continues to shape daily life in communities along the Bering Sea coast. Her analysis is illustrated with many contemporary and historical photographs. Identifying "metaphors to live by," Fienup-Riordan tells of "the Boy Who Went to Live with Seals" and "the Girl Who Returned from the Dead." She explains how in Yupik cosmology their stories illustrate relationships among human beings, animals, and the spirit world - the "boundaries and passages" between death and the renewal of life.
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- ISBN: 0806126043
- ISBN: 9780806126043
- ISBN: 0806126469
- ISBN: 9780806126463
- Physical Description: xxiv, 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©1994.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-379) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Metaphors to Live By: The Boy Who Went to Live with the Seals and the Girl Who Returned from the Dead -- 2. The Relationship between Humans and Animals -- 3. Clearing the Way: The Entry of Animals into the Human World -- 4. Preparing the Path: Becoming a Real Person -- 5. The Reproduction of Life: The Relationship between Men, Women, and Animals -- 6. Boundaries and Passages of the Human Body -- 7. Death and the Renewal of Life -- 8. Yupik Spatial Orientation: The Ringed Center -- 9. Nakaciuq: The Bladder Festival -- 10. Elriq and Kelek: Living Spirits and the Souls of the Dead -- 11. Kevgiq and Petugtaq: Ambiguity and Renewal -- 12. Following the Universe. |
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