Ólöf the Eskimo Lady

Ólöf the Eskimo Lady

Author: Inga Dóra Björnsdóttir

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780472117260

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The story of an Icelandic dwarf who made a living in 19th-century America posing as an Eskimo


Sisters or Strangers?

Sisters or Strangers?

Author: Marlene Epp

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 622

ISBN-13: 1442629134

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Spanning more than two hundred years of history, from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, Sisters or Strangers? explores the complex lives of immigrant, ethnic, and racialized women in Canada. Among the themes examined in this new edition are the intersection of race, crime, and justice, the creation of white settler societies, letters and oral histories, domestic labour, the body, political activism, food studies, gender and ethnic identity, and trauma, violence, and memory. The second edition of this influential essay collection expands its chronological and conceptual scope with fifteen new essays that reflect the latest cutting-edge research in Canadian women's history. Introductions to each thematic section include discussion questions and suggestions for further reading, making the book an even more valuable classroom resource than before.


The Viking Immigrants

The Viking Immigrants

Author: Laurie K Bertram

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2020-02-24

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1442663014

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A Viking statue, a coffee pot, a ghost story, and a controversial cake: What can the things that immigrants treasured tell us about their history? Between 1870 and 1914 almost one-quarter of Iceland’s population migrated to North America, forming enclaves in both the United States and Canada. This book examines the multi-sensory side of the immigrant past through rare photographs, interviews, artefacts, and early recipes. By revealing the hidden histories behind everyday traditions, The Viking Immigrants maps the transformation of Icelandic North American culture over a century and a half.


Picturing Disability

Picturing Disability

Author: Robert Bogdan

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2012-11-19

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0815651929

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Bogdan and his collaborators have studied thousands of historical photographs of people with disabilities in writing this book. Their work shows how people with disabilities have been presented but in a much wider range than we have ever seen before.


White Lies about the Inuit

White Lies about the Inuit

Author: John Steckley

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781551118758

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In this lively book, designed specifically for introductory students, Steckley unpacks three white lies: the myth that there are fifty-two words for snow, that there are blond, blue-eyed Inuit descended from the Vikings, and that the Inuit send off their elders to die on ice floes.