Description
A vivid description of the people and the life of Anaktuvuk Pass, the essays in Upside Down are also an absorbing meditation at the changes that Blackman herself underwent all through her time there, most wrenchingly the illness of her husband, a fellow anthropologist, and the breakup of their marriage. All over, Blackman reflects in unexpected and enlightening ways at the work of anthropology and the viewpoint of an anthropologist evermore invested in the lives of her subjects. Whether commenting at the effect of this place and its people on her personal life or describing the have an effect on of “progress” at the Nunamiut—the CB radio, weekend nomadism, tourism, the Information Superhighway—her essays offer a unique and deeply evocative picture of an at once disappearing and evolving world.
Nanamiut
Brockport, NY
Alaska
anthropology
oil