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Life Beside Itself

Imagining Care in the Canadian Arctic

By: Lisa Stevenson

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Life Beside Itself

Imagining Care in the Canadian Arctic

By: Lisa Stevenson

In Life Beside Itself, Lisa Stevenson takes us on a haunting ethnographic journey through two historical moments when life for the Canadian Inuit has hung in the balance: the tuberculosis epidemic (1940s to the early 1960s) and the subsequent suicide epidemic (1980s to the present). Along the way, Stevenson troubles our commonsense understanding of what life is and what it means to care for the life of another. Through close attention to the images in which we think and dream and through which we understand the world, Stevenson describes a world in which life is beside itself: the name-soul of a teenager who dies in a crash lives again in his friend’s newborn baby, a young girl shares a last smoke with a dead friend in a dream, and the possessed hands of a clock spin uncontrollably over its face. In these contexts, humanitarian policies make little sense because they attempt to save lives by merely keeping a body alive. For the Inuit, and perhaps for all of us, life is "somewhere else," and the task is to articulate forms of care for others that are adequate to that truth.

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267

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Univ of California Press

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0520958551

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9780520958555

Leonardo

By: Lisa Degnen

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Leonardo

By: Lisa Degnen

Meet Leonardo DiCaprio, Hollywood's sexiest young actor. Read about his meteoric rise from humble beginnings on the mean streets of Los Angeles to his current status as one of the most recognized actors in the world. Packed with stunning photographs of this shining star, Leonardo is a must-have for all Leo fans.

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0760710848

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9780760710845

Christina Aguilera

By: Lisa Degnen

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Christina Aguilera

By: Lisa Degnen

Celebrity journalist Degnan has compiled this pictorial biography of teen sensation Christina Aguilera, including her childhood start in the Mickey Mouse club and her arrival on the music charts with the hit single, "Genie in a Bottle". 80+ full-color photos.

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