Quaqtaq

'One of the most important tasks of anthropologists is to demonstrate that other peoples and other cultures than one's own have histories, and that continuities link today's situation with the past. Louis-Jacques Dorais' book is a persuasive and excellent account of the meaning of being "modern" in a small Inuit community.'

-- Jens Dahl * Inuit Studies *

'The virtue of this book lies in its approachability and its close reading of community relations ... The use of Inuit terms to label and discuss some elements of these processes is perhaps the book's most undersold strength.'

-- Kirk Dombrowski * American Anthropologist *

'Dorais provides a very interesting and timely discussion of the evolution and continuity of identity ... This brief, readable, modestly presented book adds much to the growing literature on identity, politics, and culture.'

-- V. Alia * Choice *

'The abundant bibliography, the well-selected drawings in the text, and the photographic addition on the sect of the Israelites, are the worthy support to an essay of sure merits.'

-- Ernesta Cerulli, Anthropos

'This study provides a useful compilation and analysis/synthesis of field notes dating back to 1965, when the author began his research on Quaqtaq.'

-- Monika Rohlmann * Canadian Book Review Annu