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Absorbingly and affectingly written. A remarkable book...one that bids to become an anthropological classic. (Publishers' Weekly )
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Anthropologist Jean Briggs spent seventeen months living on a remote Arctic shore as the "adopted daughter" of an Eskimo family. Through vignettes of daily life she unfolds a warm and perceptive tale of the behavioral patterns of the Utku, their way of training children, and their handling of deviations from desired behavior.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Touching first hand account,
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This review is from: Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family (Paperback)
Never In Anger was an assigned book for my first year anthropology class at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Jean Briggs' alma mater. This ethnography opened my eyes to the wonderful field of cultural anthropology. Jean's honesty concerning her observations of her adopted family made the story real for me, and would for anyone. Never In Anger is a wonderful study of a culture that highly prizes emotional restraint and family ties. By reading this book, one is forced to draw parallels to today's Western Societial values. Highly recommended!
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Fascinating picture of Inuit life,
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This review is from: Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family (Paperback)
Jean Briggs was an anthropologist (Ph.D. student at the time I think) who was interested in living with inland Inuit for a year (in this older book she refers to them as Eskimos, the Utku tribe to be precise). Initially trepidatious (as anyone with a brain would be about living away from civilization in the Canadian arctic), she dives into her role as an "adopted daughter" in order to learn about family life and the emotional underpinnings of their way of life.What she finds is a culture that is based very heavily on self-control, moderation, and the almost total avoidance of direct aggression. These "truths" only become evident as the book progresses, as the author herself becomes more aware of them. I appreciated her candor in describing how, at the time, she failed to recognize these truths and misunderstood her Inuit companions. Nevertheless, she becomes deeply integrated into this small band of about 30 individuals, living inside the home (igloo/tent) of one family as their adopted daughter. Her descriptions of balancing research versus fitting in, and maintaining her own identity versus the appropriate Inuit identity, were absolutely fascinating. I found myself alternating between being exasperated at her for not fitting in, and then at the Inuit for not recognizing and appreciating her situation. The book was very easy to read, almost like modern reality-TV, but with the bonus that this wasn't cheap voyeuristic entertainment. There's serious scholarship here, including an entire section (about 20% of the book) devoted to discussing the linguistic base of their emotional worldview. By the end of the book I was left with a much greater understanding of her Inuit hosts, and a deep appreciation for the challenges she (and other anthropologists) faced when thrust into a new society. Overall, I would highly recommend this book to general audiences just because it's well-written and interesting, but I would very highly recommend it to students of human behavior/emotions/family life because of its fascinating revelations of an interesting but poorly-known culture.
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You try living on the edge of survival in an alien culture..,
By Satureja douglasii "herbabuena" (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family (Paperback)
It's an engaging first-hand account from an anthropologist who went to live with an Inuit family. She gives a very candid account of her own difficulties in adapting to their culture.
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