Place of the Pretend People : Gifts from a Yup'ik Village
First Edition, New edition, soft cover
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0882404784
ISBN-13
9780882404783
Edition
First Edition, New edition, soft cover
Publisher
Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co
Imprint
Alaska Northwest Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 15th, 2011
Print length
239 Pages
Weight
562 grams
Product Classification:
Biography: generalHistory of the AmericasIndigenous peoplesLocal history
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Place of the Pretend People is a vivid, sensitive account of one woman''s choice to live and teach in a Yup''ik Eskimo village and later to make her home in Interior Alaska. A fascinating and unusual memoir, Carolyn Kremers'' book is both a journey of cultural discovery and a story of spiritual and artistic seeking.The author offers readers an intimate encounter with Yup''ik culture, modern and traditional, as she describes teaching music and English in Tununak, a village tucked along the windswept Bering Sea coast of Western Alaska. Kremers'' experiences in Tununak and elsewhere provide keen insight into the lives and land of the people she grows to love. Through her friendships with Yup''ik people and others, some of the mysteries of life in a challenging northern environment are unraveled, and she begins to understand some of the mysteries within her own heart.
Place of the Pretend People is a vivid, sensitive account of one woman''s choice to live and teach in a Yup''ik Eskimo village and later to make her home in Interior Alaska. A fascinating and unusual memoir, Carolyn Kremers'' book is both a journey of cultural discovery and a story of spiritual and artistic seeking.The author offers readers an intimate encounter with Yup''ik culture, modern and traditional, as she describes teaching music and English in Tununak, a village tucked along the windswept Bering Sea coast of Western Alaska. Kremers'' experiences in Tununak and elsewhere provide keen insight into the lives and land of the people she grows to love. Through her friendships with Yup''ik people and others, some of the mysteries of life in a challenging northern environment are unraveled, and she begins to understand some of the mysteries within her own heart.
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