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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022]

Summary:

Telling Animals: Animacies in Dene Narratives takes as its premise the teaching of many Elders that stories are alive and combines literary, linguistic, anthropological, and philosophical approaches in a deictic framework to engage with the animating power of "narrative revitalization" through "animal grammar" in northern and southern Dene/Athabaskan stories.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

"When You Hear Me Sing"

"I Will Be Popular with the Campfire People, So Ha, Ha, Ha"

"What Will You Do Now?"

"If It Floats, We Will All Live Forever"

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Spencer, Jasmine Telling Animals

ISBN:

9781793619747