Men's and women's spheres among couples from Maniitsoq (Greenland)

Bibliographic Data

ID3801212
AuthorsKarla Jessen Williamson (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami,170 Laurier Avenue West,Suite 510,Ottawa,Ontario K1P 5V5,Canada.)
Year2007
Volume30
Issue1
Pages123-133
Publication date2007-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueÉtudes/Inuit/Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0701-1008 • E-ISSN: 1708-5268
PublisherConsortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.7202/016153ar
OpenAlexW1573726649
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited2

This paper looks at gender relations and presents original findings of an empirical study among the Kalaallit (Greenland Inuit) of Maniitsoq (southwest Greenland). The focus of the study was to figure out what gender roles look like in Kalaallit eyes. Seven couples were interviewed about what work entails in different contexts. All the women interviewed have a job, and they describe their activities in their own homes. They are involved in social activities (including those related to the Church) much more so than their husbands, and have more control on the values involved in raising their children. Five of the husbands had a job but only four were involved in "recreational" hunting. Husbands are less inclined in Church matters but find spiritual connection while out on the sea and hunting. But these Kalaallit men are becoming more socially isolated. The paper ends with the presentation of three models of couplehood in Maniitsoq: traditional; detached; and reversed

Focus group · Gender relations · Geography · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics · Recreation · Sociology · Work (physics · Anthropology · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Engineering · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Medicine · Psychology · Gender Studies · Law · Social Psychology

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