Thoreauas Democratic Withdrawal: Alienation, Participation, and Modernity

by Shannon L. Mariotti and Paul S. Boyer

In 1904 a young Danish woman met a Sami wolf hunter on a train in Sweden. This chance encounter transformed the lives of artist Emilie Demant and the hunter, Johan Turi. In 1907-8 Demant went to live with Sami families in their tents and on migrations, later writing a lively account of her experiences. She collaborated with Turi on his book about his people. On her own and later with her husband Gudmund Hatt, she roamed on foot through Sami regions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299233944
• ISBN13: 9780299233945
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"