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Stories in a new skin : approaches to Inuit literature /

In an age where southern power-holders look north and see only vacant polar landscapes, isolated communities, and exploitable resources, it is important to note that the Inuit homeland encompasses extensive philosophical, political, and literary traditions. Stories in a New Skin is a seminal text th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martin, Keavy
Autor Corporativo: Canadian University Presses E-books (OCUL) - York University
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, ©2012.
Colección:Contemporary studies on the North ; 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • A note on languages
  • Maps [Political map of Nunavut ; Inuit Regions of Canada : Ethnographic map of the Arctic (Aboriginal, Native, Inuit, First Nations Groups] ;-Miut Groups of Nunavut]
  • Silattuqsarvik
  • A place (and time) to become wise
  • "It was said they had one song": "Tuniit" stories and the origins of Inuit nationhood
  • "Tagavani Isumataujut" (They are the leaders here): Reading Unipkaaqtuat, the classic Inuit tales
  • "Let me sing slowly and search for a song": Inuit "Poetry" and the legacy of Knud Rasmussen
  • "I can tell you the story as I heard it": Life stories and the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit land bridge
  • Afterword: Inuuqatigiittiarniq
  • Living together in a good way
  • Appendix A: Six versions of Ivaluardjuk's song: I. Rasmussen's Danish (1921)
  • II. Trans. W.E. Calvert and W. Worster (1929)
  • III. Trans. Tom Lowenstein (1973) "A hunting memory"
  • IV. Trans. Aenne Schmucker (1947) "Jagderinnerung"
  • V. Ivaluardjuk's song in the journals of Knud Rasmussen (Inuktitut)
  • VI. Ivaluardjuk's song in the The journals of Knud Rasmussen (English)
  • Appendix B: Songs by Imaruittuq. I. Lyrics to "Inngirajaalirlanga ("Let me sing slowly")
  • Imaruittuq's own song
  • Glossary.