Stories find you, places know : Yup'ik narratives of a sentient world / Holly Cusack-McVeigh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cusack-McVeigh, Holly, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yupik Eskimos--Alaska--Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta--Folklore.

Yupik Eskimos.

Ethnology--Alaska--Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

Ethnology.

Discourse analysis, Narrative--Alaska--Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages :) illustrations ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, Utah : The University of Utah Press, 2017.

Summary:

Grounded in existing understandings of Yup'ik cosmology and worldview, this work is the first to look at how a Yup'ik community uses stories of place in social life.On the Bering coast of southwest Alaska, Cusack-McVeigh accompanied storytellers during their daily activities.

Contents:

Preface : my first day in Hooper : a cautionary tale for the anthropologist

Metaphor and allusion : discourse and metaphors from the land

The rivers, the mountains, the tundra, and the sea

'Too many otters in that one place!' : stories of Palraayak and other water creatures

'Assiituq!' : the land can be a dangerous place : understanding the importance of cautionary tales

Angalkuut : shamans, enemies, and other villages

The tale of the teakettle ghost : performative aspects of discourse

Anchoring memory in place : tales of Brother Oscar and the old church

Haunted places and their symbolic import : narratives from throughout the Yup'ik region

What haunts these places? : cultural encounters and narratives of resistance

Sentient places in a sentient world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-60781-583-4

OCLC:

990141298