Words of the Real People: Alaska Native Literature in Translation - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1602230048 ISBN 13 : 9781602230040

Editeur : University of Alaska Press, 2007

Synopsis

"Words of the Real People" collects the life stories, poetry, and oral literature of the Yup'ik, Inupiaq, and Alutiiq peoples of Alaska, making them widely available to readers in English for the first time. Accompanied by background essays on each Native group, the literature in this collection embraces Alaska Native life in all its rich variety. From tales of malevolent shamans to the unexpected poetry of the urban experience, and from ancient tales passed down for generations to contemporary stories being woven into a new tradition, "Words of the Real People" stakes out an important place for Alaska Native literature as a vibrant, living tradition and will be essential to folklorists, anthropologists, and anyone interested in the storied past of our continent's most forbidding reaches.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ann Fienup-Riordan is an anthropologist and author of numerous books on the people of Alaska.

Lawrence D. Kaplan is director of the Alaska Native Language Center and professor of linguistics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He is coauthor of TheComparative Eskimo Dictionary.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Alaska Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1602230048
• ISBN 13: 9781602230040
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: Fienup-Riordan Ann, Kaplan Lawrence D.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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