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Telling Animals
Animacies in Dene Narratives
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2022
Summary
In Telling Animals, Jasmine Spencer offers a comparative yet personal approach to Dene/Athabaskan stories, both Northern and Southern. It examines the animating effects of animal stories, the transformative power of animacies in Dene stories, and the effects of narrative revitalization through animal grammar. It takes as its first premise the teachings of many Elders, who have shared that the stories are alive. Jasmine Spencer's comparative approach combines literary, linguistic, anthropological, and philosophical theories and methods using a deictic framework for closely reading the stories in both their Dene languages and in English translation. The narrative epistemologies enacted by Dene stories counterbalance many of the ethical problems inherent within Euro-Western approaches to ontology and experience. These stories revive those who listen and read, offering hope.
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Edition
1/2022
Copyright Year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-1973-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-1974-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
190
Product Type
Monograph
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 34
“When You Hear Me Sing” No access Pages 35 - 52
“I Will Be Popular with the Campfire People, So Ha, Ha, Ha” No access Pages 53 - 72
“What Will You Do Now?” No access Pages 73 - 100
“If It Floats, We Will All Live Forever” No access Pages 101 - 146
