Preface : my first day in Hooper : a cautionary tale for the anthropologist -- Metaphor and allusion : discourse and metaphors from the land -- The rivers, the mountains, the tundra, and the sea -- 'Too many otters in that one place!' : stories of Palraayak and other water creatures -- 'Assiituq!' : the land can be a dangerous place : understanding the importance of cautionary tales -- Angalkuut : shamans, enemies, and other villages -- The tale of the teakettle ghost : performative aspects of discourse -- Anchoring memory in place : tales of Brother Oscar and the old church -- Haunted places and their symbolic import : narratives from throughout the Yup'ik region -- What haunts these places? : cultural encounters and narratives of resistance -- Sentient places in a sentient world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 13, 2017)