Beyond Darkness and Sleep: The Inuit Night in North Baffin Island - Couverture souple

Bordin, G.

 
9789042931398: Beyond Darkness and Sleep: The Inuit Night in North Baffin Island
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9042931396 ISBN 13 : 9789042931398
Editeur : Peeters Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

This is a place where night is dark, like everywhere else, and bright,

like nowhere else. This is a people for whom sleep belongs to nighttime,

but who nonetheless favor nocturnal wakefulness. This is a people for

whom almost any activity seems more appealing than sleep. This is a

people for whom darkness did not mean evil, until the arrival of

Christianity. This is a culture which, without totally rejecting binary

or dualistic schemes, tends to favor the notion of continuity between

events, beings and objects: between night and day, dark and light,

dreaming and conscious life. This is a people adept at radical

pragmatism. This is a people for whom words have always been powerful.

This is a people with a unique experience of "nocturnity".
This

book is an invitation to enter the realm of the North Baffin Island

Inuit night.

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À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This is a place where night is dark, like everywhere else, and bright,

like nowhere else. This is a people for whom sleep belongs to nighttime,

but who nonetheless favor nocturnal wakefulness. This is a people for

whom almost any activity seems more appealing than sleep. This is a

people for whom darkness did not mean evil, until the arrival of

Christianity. This is a culture which, without totally rejecting binary

or dualistic schemes, tends to favor the notion of continuity between

events, beings and objects: between night and day, dark and light,

dreaming and conscious life. This is a people adept at radical

pragmatism. This is a people for whom words have always been powerful.

This is a people with a unique experience of "nocturnity".
This

book is an invitation to enter the realm of the North Baffin Island

Inuit night.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Peeters Publishers
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9042931396
ISBN 13 
9789042931398
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
439
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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