Kiviuq : An Inuit Hero and His Siberian Cousins

Name: Kiviuq
Brand: McGill-Queen's University Press
SKU: 9780773535008
Price: 4900 KES
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ISBN: 9780773535008

by Kira Van Deusen

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies

ISBN-10 0773535004

ISBN-13 9780773535008

Publisher McGill-Queen's University Press

Imprint McGill-Queen's University Press

Country of Manufacture CA

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 1st, 2009

Print length 408 Pages

Weight 656 grams

Dimensions 16.00 x 23.00 x 2.50 cms

Product Classification: Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Indigenous peoples

KSh 4,900.00

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How do shape-shifting shamans, a giant cannibalistic bumblebee, and human marriage with animals speak to Canadian Inuit and Siberian indigenous peoples today? This book on Inuit oral literature is suitable for those interested in shamanism, oral storytelling, northern cultures and cultural change.

After decades exploring Siberian cultures, Kira Van Deusen turned to the Canadian north to ask many such questions, looking at them through the versions of one of their most respected legends - that of hero/shaman Kiviuq, an Inuit counterpart to Homer''s Odysseus - told by forty Inuit elders. The elders'' voices engage us directly, inviting us to look at the unique qualities of arctic heroism and its application to present-day concerns. Rich details from each of the elders'' families help explain interpersonal challenges to survival in the north and offer both practical and spiritual lessons. Van Deusen also points out intriguing cultural connections across the Bering Strait, past and present.

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