| Lies to Live by Contributor(s): Beardslee, Lois (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870136631 ISBN-13: 9780870136634 Publisher: Michigan State University Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2003 Annotation: Lies To Live By brings together two selections of stories by Ojibwe storyteller Lois Beardslee. "Lies to Live By, " a series of interdependent tales, reflects the storyteller's role in interpreting traditional stories for contemporary audiences, while preserving traditions based not in mysticism but in pragmatism. In "Calm Days, " three generations--the narrator, her grandfather, and her son--spend a week together on a remote island during the course of which they demonstrate the continuity of Ojibwe life. Together these stories weave the contemporary and the traditional to show how cultural diversity can be preserved even as cultural boundaries are transcended. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Alternative History |
| Dewey: 398.208 |
| LCCN: 2002153575 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.02" W x 8.96" (0.51 lbs) 143 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lies To Live By brings together two selections of stories by Ojibwe storyteller Lois Beardslee. "Lies to Live By," a series of interdependent tales, reflects the storyteller's role in interpreting traditional stories for contemporary audiences, while preserving traditions based not in mysticism but in pragmatism. In "Calm Days," three generations--the narrator, her grandfather, and her son--spend a week together on a remote island during the course of which they demonstrate the continuity of Ojibwe life. Together these stories weave the contemporary and the traditional to show how cultural diversity can be preserved even as cultural boundaries are transcended. |