Telling Animals

Animacies in Dene Narratives

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-06-27
Mått159 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt481 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor202
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793619730

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Introduction: HistoriesChapter One: “When you hear me sing”: Tanager and Robin on How to Live as Birds of Homophony in Dene Bird Stories and SongsChapter Two: “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 LegacyChapter Three: “What will you do now?”: Wolverine and Wolf on How to Die in “The Man Who Sought a Song,” told by Elisse AhnassayChapter Four: “If it floats, we will all live forever”: Coyote and Badger on How to Live Again in Diné Bahane’: The Navajo Creation StoryConclusion: Histologies

Telling Animals is a sophisticated, accessible, and engaging study of textualized Dene orature, showing how Indigenous animal stories demonstrate much-needed respect for the entire more-than-human world. Written from a linguistic and ethnographic perspective, this book has much to offer scholars of critical animal studies and ecocriticism, helping us to understand the language of and about animals.