Reserve Memories: The Power of the Past in a Chilcotin Community - Couverture souple

Dinwoodie, David W.

 
9780803222465: Reserve Memories: The Power of the Past in a Chilcotin Community
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ISBN 10 : 0803222467 ISBN 13 : 9780803222465
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2007

Synopsis

Reserve Memories examines how myths and narratives about the past have enabled a Northern Athabaskan community to understand and confront challenges and opportunities in the present. For over five centuries the Chilcotin people have lived in relative isolation in the rich timberlands and scattered meadows of the inland Northwest, in what is today known as west central British Columbia. Although linguistic and cultural changes are escalating, they remain one of the more traditional and little known Native communities in northwestern North America. Combining years of fieldwork with an acute theoretical perspective, David W. Dinwoodie sheds light on the special power of the past for the Chilcotin people of the Nemiah Valley Indian Reserve. In different social and political settings, they draw upon a "reserve" of memories-in particular, myths and historical narratives-and reactivate them in order to help make sense of and deal effectively with the possibilities and problems of the modern world. For example, the declaration of the Chilcotins against clear-cut logging draws upon one of their central myths, adding a deeper and more lasting cultural significance and resonance to the political statement. David W. Dinwoodie is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. His articles have appeared in Anthropological Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology.

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À propos de l?auteur

David W. Dinwoodie is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico. His articles have appeared in Anthropological Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology.

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Éditeur
University of Nebraska Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803222467
ISBN 13 
9780803222465
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
120
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780803217218: Reserve Memories: The Power of the Past in a Chilcotin Community

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0803217218 ISBN 13 :  9780803217218
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2002
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