| Words of the Real People: Alaska Native Literature in Translation Contributor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann (Editor), Kaplan, Lawrence D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1602230056 ISBN-13: 9781602230057 Publisher: University of Alaska Press OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 398.208 |
| LCCN: 2006103101 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.40 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Words of the Real People collects the life stories, poetry, and oral literature of the Yupik, Inupiaq, and Alutiiq peoples of Alaska, making them widely available to readers in English for the first time. Accompanied by background essays on each Native group, the literature in this collection embraces Native Alaskan life in all its rich variety. From tales of malevolent shamans to the unexpected poetry of the urban experience, and from ancient tales passed down for generations to contemporary stories being woven into a new tradition, Words of the Real People stakes out an important place for Native Alaskan literature as a vibrant, living tradition and will be essential to folklorists, anthropologists, and anyone interested in the storied past of our continent's most forbidding reaches. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann: - Ann Fienup-Riordan is an anthropologist who has lived and worked in Alaska for more than forty years. She has written and edited more than twenty books on Yup'ik history and oral traditions. |