Inuit stories of being and rebirth : gender, shamanism, and the third sex /

d'Anglure, Bernard Saladin,

Inuit stories of being and rebirth : gender, shamanism, and the third sex / Bernard Saladin d'Anglure ; translated by Peter Frost ; preface by Claude Lévi-Strauss. - 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations. - Contemporary studies on the north, 6 1928-1722 ; . - Contemporary studies on the North ; 6. desLibris. Books collection. .

Translation of: Etre et renaître inuit, homme, femme ou chamane. Issued as part of the desLibris books collection.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-348).

Ujarak, Iqallijuq, and Kupaaq were elders from the Inuit community on Igloolik Island in Nunavut. The three elders, among others, shared with Bernard Saladin d'Anglure the narratives which make up the heart of Inuit Stories of Being and Rebirth. Through their words, and historical sources recorded by Franz Boas and Knud Rasmussen, Saladin d'Anglure examines the Inuit notion of personhood and its relationship to cosmology and mythology. Central to these stories are womb memories, narratives of birth and reincarnation, and the concept of the third sex--an intermediate identity between male and female. As explained through first-person accounts and traditional legends, myths, and folk tales, the presence of transgender individuals informs Inuit relationships to one another and to the world at large, transcending the dualities of male and female, human and animal, human and spirit. This new English edition includes the 2006 preface by Claude Lévi-Strauss and an afterword by Bernard Saladin d'Anglure.

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Inuit--Religion.
Inuit--Rites and ceremonies.
Shamanism--Nunavut.
ART / Sculpture & Installation


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