Learning to be smart: An exploration of the culture of intelligence in a Canadian Inuit community

American Anthropologist

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 502-514

  Stern, Pamela R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inuit; Participant observation; Theories of intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033274522     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1999.101.3.502     Document Type: Article

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