Cat Harbour

A Newfoundland Fishing Settlement

By James C. Faris
Series: Social and Economic Studies
Publisher: ISER Books
Paperback : 9780919666030, 185 pages, January 1972

Description

Beyond ecologic, economic and kinship relationships, this is a study of symbolic behaviour--notably verbal communication, attitudes towards 'strangers' and witchcraft practices. This book demonstrates how predictable behaviour, on which social life depends, is generated and coded in Cat Harbour.

Reviews

"a classic" - American Anthropologist