The Poetics of Land and Identity Among British Columbia Indigenous Peoples
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9781552665503
Category
INDIGENOUS
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Publication Year
2013
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co, Canada
Pages
156
Subject
Indigenous Resistance and Decolonization
Abstract
The Poetics of Land and Identity is about the meaning of land for the many diverse First Nations within British Columbia. The work offers a study of the folklore and symbolic traditions within many Aboriginal regions and illustrates how these traditions emphasize the importance of orality and poetics as the defining factor in the value of land. Christine J. Elsey offers a deft, scholarly discussion of these “storyscapes,” providing us with a point of access for understanding First Nations’ perspectives on the world and their land. She provides an important alternative to the monetary, exploitative, resource-driven view of nature and land ownership and highlights the conflicts between the colonial, Western perspective of nature and the holistic view of First Nations people.
Number of Copies
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