Tok Freeland Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1264823 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tok Freeland Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tok Freeland |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON T F |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gone Native: Immigrants, Natives and the Quest for the 'Real Alaskan
Alaska's large representation of Native cultures, combined with a crisis of identity among non-Natives, has led to the primacy of Native folklore and culture in setting the goalposts for what constitutes a ‘Real Alaskan’. This paper investigates the dynamics of such intercultural learning (from Native to non-Native) in Alaska, with a particular focus on the combination of the everyday and pragmatic with the postcolonial and symbolic, resulting in…
Ladies and Gentlemen, The North Road Pounders: An Inquiry into Identity, Aesthetics, and New Authenticities in Rural Alaska
This essay seeks to understand a particular musical ensemble and related ritual traditions in a rural immigrant community in Alaska. While some of the materials used in the ensemble are gathered locally, other articles are mass-produced, and one element, an interpretation of the Australian dijiridu, is the result of information gleaned from the Internet. The cultural complex is viewed as "local" as well as "global," and "invented" as well as "tra…
Gone Native: Immigrants, Natives and the Quest for the 'Real Alaskan
Alaska's large representation of Native cultures, combined with a crisis of identity among non-Natives, has led to the primacy of Native folklore and culture in setting the goalposts for what constitutes a ‘Real Alaskan’. This paper investigates the dynamics of such intercultural learning (from Native to non-Native) in Alaska, with a particular focus on the combination of the everyday and pragmatic with the postcolonial and symbolic, resulting in…
Ladies and Gentlemen, The North Road Pounders: An Inquiry into Identity, Aesthetics, and New Authenticities in Rural Alaska
This essay seeks to understand a particular musical ensemble and related ritual traditions in a rural immigrant community in Alaska. While some of the materials used in the ensemble are gathered locally, other articles are mass-produced, and one element, an interpretation of the Australian dijiridu, is the result of information gleaned from the Internet. The cultural complex is viewed as "local" as well as "global," and "invented" as well as "tra…
Gone Native: Immigrants, Natives and the Quest for the 'Real Alaskan
Alaska's large representation of Native cultures, combined with a crisis of identity among non-Natives, has led to the primacy of Native folklore and culture in setting the goalposts for what constitutes a ‘Real Alaskan’. This paper investigates the dynamics of such intercultural learning (from Native to non-Native) in Alaska, with a particular focus on the combination of the everyday and pragmatic with the postcolonial and symbolic, resulting in…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Communication (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)