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Furs and fabrics : transformations, clothing and identity in East Greenland
Today Arctic clothing is an important research topic. The first European researchers were
fascinated by the Greenlander’s sophisticated technology, and they brought clothing,
kayaks and hunting equipment back to Europe. Researchers still admire the quality of the
techniques used to produce a balanced material culture that was perfectly adapted to the
Arctic environment. Fur clothing was much better suited to meet the Arctic challenges
than the Europeans’ woolen garments. Nevertheless, Inuit clothing changed rapidly
under the influence of European culture. Nowadays, Greenlanders wear baseball caps,
military jackets and Nike shoes. Compared to the excellent hand-made fur clothing of the
Inuit, European mass-produced fabrics seem to represent a step backwards. Why did the
East Greenlanders break with the traditions of their ancestors? Why did they abandon
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Show moreToday Arctic clothing is an important research topic. The first European researchers were
fascinated by the Greenlander’s sophisticated technology, and they brought clothing,
kayaks and hunting equipment back to Europe. Researchers still admire the quality of the
techniques used to produce a balanced material culture that was perfectly adapted to the
Arctic environment. Fur clothing was much better suited to meet the Arctic challenges
than the Europeans’ woolen garments. Nevertheless, Inuit clothing changed rapidly
under the influence of European culture. Nowadays, Greenlanders wear baseball caps,
military jackets and Nike shoes. Compared to the excellent hand-made fur clothing of the
Inuit, European mass-produced fabrics seem to represent a step backwards. Why did the
East Greenlanders break with the traditions of their ancestors? Why did they abandon
most of their perfectly adapted and beautiful fur clothing, and why did they adopt new
styles of dress? This book discusses the social implications of the changes in the clothing
of Tunumiit (East Greenlanders)1 in relation to processes of social and cultural change in
the East Greenlandic society
Dit proefschrift is uitgegeven in de reeksen:
CNWS Publications en Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde ; no. 32
CNWS Publications en Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde no. 32
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- All authors
- Buijs, C.C.M.
- Editor(s)
- Buijs C.C.M.
- Supervisor
- Oosten, J.G.; Schefold, R.
- Co-supervisor
- Remie, C.W.H.
- Committee
- Bedaux, R.; Nas, P.; Sonne, B.; Zorgdrager, N.
- Qualification
- Doctor (dr.)
- Awarding Institution
- Humanities , Leiden University
- Date
- 2004-05-26
- Title of host publication
- Mededelingen van het Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde
- Publisher
- Leiden: CNWS Publications
- ISBN
- 9057890941
Publication Series
- Name
- 32