Restoring Relations Through Stories : From Dinétah to Denendeh / Renae Watchman and Luci Tapahonso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watchman, Renae, 1974- author.

Tapahonso, Luci, 1953- author.

Series:

Critical issues in indigenous studies.

Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Athapascan Indians--Folklore--History and criticism.

Athapascan Indians.

Indian literature--History and criticism.

Indian literature.

Navajo Indians--Folklore--History and criticism.

Navajo Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Restoring Relations introduces, synthesizes, and analyzes traditional stories by Diné and Dene storytellers in orature and film. Restoring storied autonomy, identities, kinship, and languages is coming to a state of harmony, beauty, wellness, peace, and balance by recognizing hane' (story/narrative) in oral, literary, and visual formats (spoken, published, directed, and beaded). The book conceptualizes narrative autonomy as hane'tonomy and visual storytelling from a Diné perspective and offers a map for restorying that resists inauthentic and misappropriated stories. The base of the argument privilege Indigenous narratives and how these narratives are tied to land and relations. In the book's final movement, the author explores the power of story to forge ancestral and kinship ties between the Diné and Dene, across time and space through re-storying of relations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: "Hózhǫ́ through Stories"

1. Tsé Bit'a'í: Stories of The Winged Rock

2. Visual Storytelling as Restorative and Relational

3. Reel Restoration in Drunktown's Finest

4. Diné Diegesis: 5th World

- 5. Denendeh Storytelling: Kinship Restor(i)ed

Conclusion: Náásgóó nizhónígo bee oonish dooleeł...

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816550364

0816550360