- Gebundene Ausgabe: 208 Seiten
- Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press; Auflage: illustrated edition (Oktober 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0773516751
- ISBN-13: 978-0773516755
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,4 x 23,4 x 18,2 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.224.080 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Produktinformation |
Mehr über den Autor
Entdecken Sie Bücher, lesen Sie über Autoren und mehr
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Dorothy Eber auf Amazon
› Besuchen Sie die Seite von Dorothy Eber auf Amazon
Produktbeschreibungen
Kurzbeschreibung
The Yellow knife courthouse displays a collection of fourteen Inuit carvings representing landmark cases the legal history of the Northwest Territories. The cases, which came to trial before the NWT Supreme Court between 1955 and 1970, and the carvings that represent them illuminate a pivotal period of overwhelming social change when the Inuit camp system was eroding and age-old practices and traditional mores were being called into question. Dorothy Harley Eber tells the stories behind the carvings and provides fascinating insight into the unusual situations and special problems that developed as the Inuit came contact with Canada's justice system.
The collection of carvings was started when J.H. Sissons, first resident justice of the NWT Supreme Court, received a carving of himself on the bench from an Inuit defendant. He decided to have Inuit artists document more cases and collected carvings that represented important decisions involving murder, assisted suicide, adoption, custom law marriage, and infractions of game laws. The collection was added to by his successor, William Morrow. Both Sissons and Morrow believed that to serve justice the North the law and the courts must adapt, and they were instrumental in spurring the fight for Native rights and making changes to the law to secure them. Eber provides colourful portraits of the two men based on recollections of those who travelled on circuit with them and observed their battles with Ottawa bureaucrats and the higher courts.
Images of Justice resonates with voices of the North and comes alive through interviews with many of those involved in the cases -- Inuit and whites, defendants, judges, and prosecutors. Eber brings herstory up to date with a look at the courts today and presents views of Inuit and non-Inuit with regard to future directions. She also provides valuable information on the remarkable but little-known artists who created the unique works of art the Yellowknife Courthouse Collection of Inuit Sculpture.
At a time when alternative legal systems for Native peoples are being debated, Images of Justice provides a lively, accessible account of the northern courts, their evolution, and their future a changing northern society.
Synopsis
The Yellowknife courthouse displays a collection of 14 Inuit carvings representing landmark cases in the legal history of the Northwest Territories. Cases came to trial between 1955 and 1970, a period when the Inuit camp system was eroding and traditional mores were being called into question. This volume tells the stories behind these carvings and
Tags(Was ist das?)Bei einem Tag handelt es sich um ein Schlagwort, das zum Produkt passt.
Tags erleichtern allen Kunden die Suche und die Sortierung ihrer Lieblingsprodukte. |
Eine digitale Version dieses Buchs im Kindle-Shop verkaufen
Wenn Sie ein Verleger oder Autor sind und die digitalen Rechte an einem Buch haben, können Sie die digitale Version des Buchs in unserem Kindle-Shop verkaufen.
Weitere Informationen
Kundenrezensionen
Es gibt noch keine Kundenrezensionen auf Amazon.de
5 Sterne
4 Sterne
3 Sterne
2 Sterne
1 Sterne
Die hilfreichsten Kundenrezensionen auf Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
1 Rezension
2 von 3 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
This book is better than the carvings!
29. August 1998
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
The carvings sit, unnoticed by most, on a shelf locked behind glass at the Yellowknife court house. Anybody who walked up and saw them would have no idea of their origin, would have no idea of the social history behind these lumps of soapstone (and one stuffed bird).
Eber's book provides the link. I walked past these carvings virtually every day before reading Eber's book, barely noticing their existence. Now, knowing the stories behind them and the people behind them, I have a much greater appreciation.
This book is a must for anyone interested in Inuit art or the social history of Northern Canada. Recommended highly.
Ist diese Rezension hilfreich?
Wir wollen von Ihnen hören.
Kunden diskutieren
|
Das Forum zu diesem Produkt
Fragen stellen, Meinungen austauschen, Einblicke gewinnen Aktive Diskussionen in ähnlichen Foren
Kundendiskussionen durchsuchen
|
Ähnliche Foren
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lieblingslisten
Ähnliche Artikel finden
- Fremdsprachige Bücher > Geschichte > Amerika > Amerikanische Ur-Einwohner
- Fremdsprachige Bücher > Geschichte > Amerika > Kanada
- Fremdsprachige Bücher > Kunst & Fotografie > Skulptur
- Fremdsprachige Bücher > Recht > Perspektiven
- Fremdsprachige Bücher > Sachbücher > Sozialwissenschaften > Anthropologie
- Fremdsprachige Bücher > Sachbücher > Sozialwissenschaften > Besondere Gruppen > Studium amerikanischer Ureinwohner
Anhand des Sachgebietes nach ähnlichen Produkten suchen:
Ihr Kommentar
Möchten Sie die Produktinformationen aktualisieren oder Feedback zu den Produktabbildungen geben?
|
