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ISBN: PB: 9781602231610

University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press

May 2012

346 pp.

23x15 cm

3 maps, 25 halftones

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Mission of Change in Southwest Alaska

Conversations with Father Rene Astruc and Paul Dixon on Their Work with Yup'ik People

"Mission of Change" is an oral history describing various types of change – political, social, cultural, and religious – as seen through the eyes of Father Astruc and Paul Dixon, non-Natives who dedicated their lives to working with the Yup'ik people. Their stories are framed by the an analytic history of regional changes, together with current anthropological theory on the nature of cultural change and the formation of cultural identity. The book presents a subtle and emotionally moving account of the region and the roles of two men, both of whom view issues from a Catholic perspective yet are closely attuned to and involved with changes in the Yup'ik community.

About the Author

Ann Fienup-Riordan is an anthropologist who has lived and worked in Alaska for more than forty years. She has written and edited more than twenty books on Yup'ik history and oral traditions.