Ancient Land: Sacred Whale
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Ancient Land: Sacred Whale
By (Author) Tom Lowenstein
Vintage Publishing
The Harvill Press
5th July 2011
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Indigenous peoples
398.208997107987
Physical Properties
Paperback
181
Width 148mm, Height 220mm, Spine 13mm
234g
Description
On a tiny peninsula, the Inuit of Tikigaq worshipped the whales they killed, evolving an elaborate system of myths and rituals to accompany the hunt. Lowenstein began to explore these in 1973 and recorded the complex tales of the elders, providing a classic text on the vanishing culture of the North Alaskan wilderness.
Author Bio
Tom Lowenstein worked with storytellers in Point Hope, Alaska, between 1973 and 1988. He now lives in London with his partner and two daughters. He is currently working on a study of contact in the nineteenth century between Point Hope Inuit and Euro-Americans.
