The agency of yearning on the Northwest Coast of Canada
Franz Boas, George Hunt and the salvage of autochthonous culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12905545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harriet Whitehead (0000-0002-7015-3729, Lancaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 215-223 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Memory Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-6980 • E-ISSN: 1750-6999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1750698010364813 |
| OpenAlex | W2150693399 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
In this article, I consider the ethnographic research undertaken by the anthropologist, Franz Boas, and his researcher, George Hunt, among the Kwakwaka’wakw people of British Columbia, Canada, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I show some of the ways in which the Kwakwaka’wakw use that material today. In doing this, I argue for the positive agency of nostalgia in practice for minority groups such as the Kwakwaka’wakw
Agency (philosophy · Art history · Ethnography · George (robot · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Social Movements and Cultural Identity
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |