The sociality of indigenous dance in Alaska happiness, tradition, and environment among Yupik on St. Lawrence Island and I©łupiat in Utqia♯Łvik / Hiroko Ikuta.

SeriesArctic worlds
Contents Political landscape of St. Lawrence Island Yupik and I©łupiaq dance -- Dance, drum, and song as equilateral triangle -- Embodied knowledge and relations with the environment -- Dance, happiness and personhood -- Ways of speaking and ways of dancing -- Indigenous dance, heritage festivals and reciprocity.
Abstract "This book explores indigenous dances and social relationships surrounding the dance activities among Yupik on St. Lawrence Island and I©łupiat in Utqia♯Łvik, Northern Alaska. Yupik and I©łupiat proudly distinguish their indigenous styles of dance, locally called 'Eskimo dance', from Western styles of dance, such as ballroom, disco or ballet. Based on two years of intensive fieldwork and 18 years of experience living in Alaska, Ikuta sets out to understand how Yupik and I©łupiaq dances are at the centre of social relationships with the environment, among humans, between humans and animals, and between Native and the Euro-American societies. It also examines how the nature and structure of dance are connected to cultural politics, wrought by political, economic and historical events"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021052716
ISBN9780367641658 (hardback)
ISBN9780367641733 (paperback)
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