World-Making Stories: Maidu Language and Community Renewal on a Shared California Landscape Contributor(s): Nevins, M. Eleanor (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1496201558 ISBN-13: 9781496201553 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Literary Collections | Native American |
Dewey: 398.208 |
LCCN: 2017942531 |
Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.99" W x 9.76" (1.00 lbs) 248 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Northern California |
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Publisher Description:
Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation World-Making Stories is a collection of Maidu creation stories that will help readers appreciate California's rich cultural tapestry. At the beginning of the twentieth century, renowned storyteller Hanc'ibyjim (Tom Young) performed Maidu and Atsugewi stories for anthropologist Ronald B. Dixon, who published these stories in 1912. The resulting Maidu Texts presented the stories in numbered block texts that, while serving as a source of linguistic decoding, also reflect the state of anthropological linguistics of the era by not conveying a sense of rhetorical or poetic composition. Sixty years later, noted linguist William Shipley engaged the texts as oral literature and composed a free verse literary translation, which he paired with the artwork of Daniel Stolpe and published in a limited-edition four-volume set that circulated primarily to libraries and private collectors. M. Eleanor Nevins is an associate professor of anthropology at Middlebury College in Vermont. She is the author of Lessons from Fort Apache: Beyond Language Endangerment and Maintenance. |