First person plural aboriginal storytelling and the ethics of collaborative authorship /

"Told-to narratives, or collaboratively produced texts by Aboriginal storytellers and (usually) non-Aboriginal writers, often confound traditional literary understandings of voice and authorship. In this innovative exploration, these unique narratives are not romanticized as unmediated translat...

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Main Author: McCall, Sophie, 1969-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, c2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. 'Where Is the Voice Coming From?': Appropriations and Subversions of the 'Native Voice'
  • 2. Coming to Voice the North: The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry and the Works of Hugh Brody
  • 3. 'There Is a Time Bomb in Canada': The Legacy of the Oka Crisis
  • 4. 'My Story Is a Gift': The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and the Politics of Reconciliation
  • 5. 'What The Map Cuts Up, the Story Cuts Across': Translating Oral Traditions and Aboriginal Land Title
  • 6. 'I Can Only Sing This Song to Someone Who Understands It': Community Filmmaking and the Politics of Partial Translation
  • Conclusion: Collaborative Authorship and Literary Sovereignty.