Synopsis
What does it mean to be Metis? How do the Metis understand their world, and how do family, community, and location shape their consciousness? Such questions inform this collection of essays on the northwestern North American people of mixed European and Native ancestry who emerged in the seventeenth century as a distinct culture. Volume editors Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny, and Brenda Macdougall go beyond the concern with race and ethnicity that takes center stage in most discussions of Metis culture to offer new ways of thinking about Metis identity.Geography, mobility, and family have always defined Metis culture and society. The Metis world spanned the better part of a continent, and a major theme of Contours of a People is the Metis conception of geography—not only how Metis people used their environments but how they gave meaning to place and developed connections to multiple landscapes. Their geographic familiarity, physical and social mobility, and maintenance of family ties across time and space appear to have evolved in connection with the fur trade and other commercial endeavors. These efforts, and the cultural practices that emerged from them, have contributed to a sense of community and the nationalist sentiment felt by many Metis today.Writing about a wide geographic area, the contributors consider issues ranging from Metis rights under Canadian law and how the Library of Congress categorizes Metis scholarship to the role of women in maintaining economic and social networks. The authors’ emphasis on geography and its power in shaping identity will influence and enlighten Canadian and American scholars across a variety of disciplines.
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William E. Tydeman is coeditor of Reading into Photography: Selected Essays, 1859-1980 and An Island in the Sky: Llano Estacado.
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Conversations with Barry Lopez: Walking the Path of Imagination
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University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK, 2013
ISBN 10: 0806144076
ISBN 13: 9780806144078
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Soft cover
Seller: Remarks Used Books, Pittsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: As New. PoD, 194pp. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "Known as an advocate for the endangered earth, Barry Lopez is one of America's preeminent writers on nature. This invigorating book invites readers to sit down with Lopez and his friend William E. Tydeman to engage with their conversations about activism, the life of the mind, photography, and all things literary. 'What is the nature of the relationship between the writer and the reader?' Lopez asks. It is 'reciprocal, contractual, and moral.' Even readers who think they know everything there is to know about Lopez will learn much from this richly informative book, both from Tydeman's concise biography of Lopez and from the dialogue about Lopez's ideas and experiences. [The three interviews and Tydeman's reflections on other discussions with Lopez gathered here address nature, human beings' relationship to the land, the tension between political activism and the life of the intellectual, memory and reconciliation, the artist's social responsibility, and the business of authorship. [] Lopez's thoughts on the importance of authenticity will resonate with every reader or writer, as will his deep commitment to story in all his work. He and Tydeman engage in illuminating exchanges on style and genre, the publication process, and relationships among authors, editors, and publishers. Both men are interested in photography and its relationship to writing, a subject on which they offer thought-provoking comments.] A bibliography by archivist Diane Warner rounds out the volume." [publisher copy] "Barry Lopez is one of our most articulate spokespersons--as a writer and as a speaker--for the natural world and the values it should teach human beings. The introduction, the interviews, and the fulsome bibliography of his writings gathered here combine to make a rewarding volume--a thoughtful meditation on nature, people-land relationships, individual-versus-community tensions, and the business of authorship."--Richard W. Etulain. Pristine PoD paperback w/brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine. Quite presentable. Seller Inventory # RUB3753