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Subject(s)

• Indigenous peoples of North America—Literary collections [Browse]
• Canadian literature—Indian authors [Browse]
• American literature—Indian authors [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Editor

• McCall, Sophie [Browse]

Series

Indigenous studies series. [More in this series]

Summary note

Read, Listen, Tell brings together an extraordinary range of Indigenous stories from across Turtle Island (North America). From short fiction to as-told-to narratives, from illustrated stories to personal essays, these stories celebrate the strength of heritage and the liveliness of innovation. Ranging in tone from humorous to defiant to triumphant, the stories explore core concepts in Indigenous literary expression, such as the relations between land, language, and community, the variety of narrative forms, and the continuities between oral and written forms of expression. Rich in insight and bold in execution, the stories proclaim the diversity, vitality, and depth of Indigenous writing. Building on two decades of scholarly work to centre Indigenous knowledges and perspectives, the book transforms literary method while respecting and honouring Indigenous histories and peoples of these lands. It includes stories by acclaimed writers like Thomas King, Sherman Alexie, Paula Gunn Allen, and Eden Robinson, a new generation of emergent writers, and writers and storytellers who have often been excluded from the canon, such as French- and Spanish-language Indigenous authors, Indigenous authors from Mexico, Chicana/o authors, Indigenous-language authors, works in translation, and "lost" or underappreciated texts. In a place and time when Indigenous people often have to contend with representations that marginalize or devalue their intellectual and cultural heritage, this collection is a testament to Indigenous resilience and creativity. It shows that the ways in which we read, listen, and tell play key roles in how we establish relationships with one another, and how we might share knowledges across cultures, languages, and social spaces.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 3, 2018).

Contents

• Front Matter
• Tables of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Centring Indigenous Intellectual Traditions
• “The Truth About Stories Is . . . Stories Are All that we Are”
• Land, Homeland, Territory
• “Reinventing The Enemy’s Language”
• Cree Knowledge Embedded in Stories
• “Each Word Has A Story of its Own”
• Community, Self, Transformation
• Shifting Perspectives
• Indigenous Fantasy and SF
• Notes
• Works Cited
• About the Editors
• Copyright Acknowledgements
• Books in the Indigenous Studies Series

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ISBN

• 1-77112-302-8
• 1-77112-301-X

OCLC

• 972181900
• 993069009

Doi

• 10.51644/9781771123013

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