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side show inuit: looking for nelvana
When things start off on the wrong foot, its tough to reconcile and make amends… Primitive people and prehistoric violence do seem to have a symbiotic relationship. Untouched by the dogged moral strivings, the clear demarcation between right and wrong, … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian dingle, Anthony Quinn, bob dylan the mighty quinn, christopher hall baffin island, franz boas, franz johnston group of seven, inuit legend nelvana, Jared Diamond, Lawrence H. Keeley, life of nelvana, Lucien m. turner, martin frobisher, Nicholas Wade, Norman Rockwell, steven a. leblanc, the savage innocents 1959
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on thin ice with the mighty quinn
We pine for authenticity. The real . The genuine, wanting to graft ourselves onto it as part of an expression of our individuality. Or do we? It has to conform to our idea of it. Rousseau’s Noble Savage has to … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Andrew Potter, Anthony Quinn, Antonin Artaud, battle of sitka, Bob Dylan, franz boas, hans ruesch, james ross and awack, James ross inuit, Jared Diamond, Jean Jacques Rousseau, louis s. glanzman, Lucien m. turner, manfred mann the mighty quinn, Nicholas Wade, steven a. leblanc, suzuki sled commercial, the savage innocents 1959
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snow job
An urban hoax.That is that the Inuit and Northern people’s have 50-200 words to describe snow. As if there is an innate need to exoticize the other. Rather mundanely, and with some relief there is only “qanik” and “aput”; snow … Continue reading
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Tagged anthony c. woodbury, benjamin lee whorf, Eskimo stereotypes, franz boas, franz boaz, geoffrey k. pullum, Inuit culture, john steckley, melanie fafard, Nanook of The North, Robert Flaherty, sapir-wharf hypothesis, steven a. jacobson, the residents eskimo
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