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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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"The People" | |
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Lessons from Knud Rasmussen | |
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From the Late Traditional Period to Resettlement | |
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From the Transitional Period to Nunavut | |
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Nunavut in Canada | |
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A Case Study of Pangnirtung | |
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Nunavut | |
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The Collision of Cultures | |
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The Late Traditional Period | |
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The Resettlement Period | |
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Population Shift from the Land to Pangnirtung | |
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Population Shift from the Land to Pangnirtung and Clyde River, 1966 | |
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Life Out on the Land | |
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Traditional Roles: Gender and Survival | |
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Jagging for Fish | |
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A Nomadic Life | |
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The Gender Calculus | |
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Gender Roles in the Whaling Period | |
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The Annual Cycle of Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering | |
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The Annual Cycle of Processing, Sewing, and Other Female Productivity | |
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Crossing Role Boundaries | |
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Traditional Power: A Delicate Balance | |
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The Woman of the Waves | |
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Definitions of Male and Female | |
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Traditional Power Relations | |
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Orchestrating the Family Structure | |
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Spousal Exchange and Adoption Decisions | |
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Female Infanticide | |
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Arranged Marriages | |
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Respect for Parental Authority | |
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Traditional Socialization: Learning by Doing | |
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Teachers on Land and Sea | |
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Preference for the Male Child | |
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The Ideal Woman, the Ideal Man | |
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A Natural Discipline Out on the Land | |
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Names and Naming | |
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Metamorphosis | |
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The Bad Times: Starvation Stalked the Land | |
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The River | |
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Hunger and Death | |
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The Dislocations of Leaving the Land for Education and Social Services | |
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The Tuberculosis Epidemic and Other Diseases | |
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Inuit Death Rates, 1945, per 100,000 | |
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Inuit TB Mortality Rates, 1950-1960 | |
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Inuit TB Rates, 1961-1990 | |
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Culture Shock | |
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Town Growth | |
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Race Relations | |
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Transforming Traditional Culture | |
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Matters of the Spirit | |
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Religion | |
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Education, Southern Style | |
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The Lure of Television | |
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Language | |
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Living on the Edge | |
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Culture Shock and Marginality | |
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The Peninsula | |
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Caught between Two Worlds | |
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Cultural and Structural Marginality | |
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Cultural Marginality | |
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Structural Marginality | |
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The Challenges of Marginality | |
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The Impacts of Resettlement | |
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People from the Outpost Camp | |
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Far-Reaching Social Repercussions | |
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The Shape of the Population | |
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Fertility Rates | |
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Infant and Maternal Mortality | |
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Most Pressing Issues | |
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The Interplay of Issues | |
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Major Problems Facing Younger Women | |
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The Products of Anger, Worry, and Low Self-Esteem | |
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An Array of "Family Problems" | |
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The Sources of Anger | |
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Solutions to the Most Pressing Problems | |
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Creating New Mechanisms for New Problems | |
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The Spousal Assault Committee | |
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The Mental Health Committee | |
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Families Redefined | |
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Suicide and the Cry for Help | |
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Daycare | |
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Guiding Their Children | |
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The Seductions of Alcohol and Drugs | |
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Alcohol | |
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Drugs and Solvents | |
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Drug Use in Nunavut, Western NWT, and Canada | |
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Suicide | |
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Rates | |
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Suicide Rates per 100,000 for Inuit, Indians, and Canada | |
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Struggling to Understand "Why?" | |
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Female Attempts | |
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When Suicide Hits Home | |
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Life in Town: The Changing Balance of Power | |
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Contemporary Roles: The Female Advantage | |
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Visiting | |
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Role Expansion and Role Reversal | |
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The Impacts of Role Reversal | |
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Women as Hunters | |
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Contemporary Power: A Reversal of Position | |
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In the Wilderness | |
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Balancing Act | |
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Power Differentials | |
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The Generational Lag | |
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Communication and Emotions | |
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Intimacy, Affection, and Sexuality | |
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Contemporary Socialization: Passing on the Culture | |
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Needles and Dreams | |
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A Preference for the Male Child | |
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The Ideal Woman, the Ideal Man | |
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Ulus and Harpoons | |
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Cultural Inclusion | |
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Cooking and Country Food | |
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Sewing, Embroidering, and Weaving | |
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Sewing | |
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Embroidery | |
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Drawing, Printmaking, and Carving | |
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Pangnirtung Tapestry Studio | |
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Dancing and Singing | |
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The Bonds of Intimacy | |
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Love and Living Together | |
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Qatsuq 's Daughter | |
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The Reluctant Brides | |
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Living in Common Law | |
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The Stigma of Remaining Single | |
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Customary Adoption | |
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Marriage and Divorce | |
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Like Moths to a Candle | |
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Divorce | |
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The Legacy of Guilt | |
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Infidelity, Jealousy, and Divorce | |
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The Stigma of Divorce | |
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Traditional Ways to Resolve Conflict | |
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The Challenges of Change | |
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Violence against Women and Children: The Complexities of Power | |
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Coming of Age in the Midnight Sun | |
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The Traditional Patterns | |
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The Contemporary Patterns | |
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Rates of Spousal Assault | |
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Causes of Spousal Assault | |
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Loss of Balance in the Settlements | |
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The Male Physical Advantage | |
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Alcohol and Drug Abuse | |
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Disagreement and Jealousy | |
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Lack of Communication | |
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Children as Victims | |
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The Complexities of Reporting and Intervention | |
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Shelters and Safe Houses | |
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The Criminal Justice System | |
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A New Century Emerges | |
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The Promise and Price of Education | |
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The Carvers: A Certain State of Mind | |
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The Gender Gap | |
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Attitudes toward School | |
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Entrance into Higher Education | |
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The Meaning of Work | |
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The Whale Hunters | |
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Welfare: A Double-Edged Sword | |
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A Staggering Unemployment Rate | |
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White Collar, Services, and the Arts | |
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Entering the RCMP | |
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Women as Providers | |
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The Road to Equality | |
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Women's Rights and Political Participation | |
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The Kitaq: More Than a Room of Her Own | |
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The Constitutional Clause | |
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Violence and Women's Liberation | |
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Women's Involvement in Community Politics | |
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Women in Territorial Politics | |
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Gender Parity | |
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The First Nunavut Legislative Election | |
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Other Political Routes | |
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Women's Involvement in National Politics | |
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Pauktuutit | |
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Dreams for Their Daughters | |
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Nunavut: Defining a New Political Identity | |
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Capitalism, Northern Style | |
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The Nunavut Dream | |
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Devolution | |
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The Nunavut Settlement Area Final Agreement | |
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Significant Land Claims Agreements | |
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Preparing for Implementation | |
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Anticipated Benefits of Nunavut | |
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Anticipated Challenges | |
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A Conceptual Framework for Change | |
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The Overriding Power of Gender Relations | |
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Conflict-Functional Analysis | |
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Social Impact/Social Vitality Analysis | |
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Marginality and Marginalization | |
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Toward the Future | |
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In the Elder's Room | |
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References | |
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Index | |
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About the Authors | |