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Telling animals : animacies in Dene narratives / Jasmine Spencer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spencer, Jasmine, 1978- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Athapascan Indians--Folklore.
- Athapascan Indians.
- Animals, Mythical--Folklore.
- Animals, Mythical.
- Storytelling--North America.
- Storytelling.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 189 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Histories
- "When you hear me sing" : Tanager and Robin on how to live as birds of homophony in Dene bird stories and songs
- "I will be popular with the campfire people, so ha, ha, ha" : Porcupine and Lynx on how to love in K'tl'egh'i Sukdu/A Dena'ina legacy
- "What will you do now?" : wolverine and wolf on how to die in "The man who sought a song," told by Elisse Ahnassay
- "If it floats, we will all live forever" : coyote and badger on how to live Again in Diné Bahane' : the Navajo creation story
- Conclusion: Histologies.
- Notes:
- Revision of author's dissertation.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 19, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Spencer, Jasmine, 1978- Telling animals
- ISBN:
- 9781793619747
- 1793619743
- Publisher Number:
- 40031237475
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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