From oral tradition to rap
Subtitle: literatures of the polar north
By: Karen Langgård and Kirsten Thisted (eds)
Publisher: Ilisimaturarfik/Forlaget Atuagkat
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Nuuk
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9788792554215
Subjects: Inuit literature; History and criticism; Sami literature; Faroese literature; Koryak literature
Description: The contributors weave together a platform for studying and comparing these literatures across the borders of nation states and old colonial relations as yet another way of renegotiating outdated centre-periphery constructions. This literary landscape provides a map based on the indigenous peoples' own descriptions and thoughts about their past and their future."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.