Lushootseed Texts: An Introduction to Puget Salish Narrative Aesthetics

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This volume introduces the oral literature of Native American peoples in Puget Salish speaking areas of western Washington. Seven stories told by Lushootseed elders are transcribed and translated into English, accompanied by information on narrative design and cultural background. Upper Skagit elder and cotranslator Vi Hilbert, a 1994 recipient of the NEH National Heritage Fellowship in Folk Arts, includes a cultural welcome and offers childhood reminiscences...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0803212623

ISBN13:9780803212626

Release Date:April 1996

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:325 Pages

Weight:1.73 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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Aesthetics Americas Classics Foreign Language Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses Foreign Language Fiction Foreign Language Learning Foreign Language Study Foreign Language Study & Reference Foreign Languages

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