Telling Animals: Animacies in Dene Narratives

by Jasmine Spencer

In Telling Animals, Jasmine Spencer offers a comparative yet personal approach to Dene/Athabaskan stories, both Northern and Southern. It examines the animating effects of animal stories, the transformative power of animacies in Dene stories, and the effects of narrative revitalization through animal grammar. It takes as its first premise the teachings of many Elders, who have shared that the stories are alive. Jasmine Spencer's comparative approach...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793619735
• ISBN13: 9781793619730
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"