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First Person Plural

First Person Plural

Aboriginal Storytelling and the Ethics of Collaborative Authorship

Published by: UBC Press

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9780774819817
Published: May 2011

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This innovative, interdisciplinary study will be of interest to students and scholars of Indigenous studies, textualized oral narrative, literary studies, and Canadian cultural studies.

Introduction: Collaboration and Authorship in Told-to Narratives

1 “Where Is the Voice Coming From?”: Appropriations and Subversions of the “Native Voice”

2 Coming to Voice the North: The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry and the Works of Hugh Brody

3 “There Is a Time Bomb in Canada”: The Legacy of the Oka Crisis

4 “My Story Is a Gift”: The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and the Politics of Reconciliation

5 “What The Map Cuts Up, the Story Cuts Across”: Translating Oral Traditions and Aboriginal Land Title

6 “I Can Only Sing This Song to Someone Who Understands It”: Community Filmmaking and the Politics of Partial Translation

Conclusion: Collaborative Authorship and Literary Sovereignty

Notes

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Index

Sophie McCall teaches in the English Department at Simon Fraser University.

I must begin by saying that this book has had more impact on me than any other scholarly text written by a non-Aboriginal person that I have read in years…A deeply thoughtful, extensively researched text, First Person Plural brings new ways of thinking about collaborations between Aboriginal storytellers and their non-Aboriginal associates…Whenever I open the book, I find myself totally engaged, often entranced, with a point the author is making. Sometimes I want to argue with her and then, as I keep reading, I see how she has nuanced each claim she makes, twisting herself to see from varied perspectives while constantly seeking an ethical stance.
~Celia Haig-Brown, York University, Journal of the Canadian Association for the Curriculum Studies V10, N2

First Person Plural is a wide ranging, nuanced and perceptive book, one that researchers and writers will find extremely helpful in thinking through issues of collaboration. I recommend it very highly. ~Elizabeth Yeoman, Memorial University, Canadian Journal of Native Studies, XXXI, 2

Canada Prize in the Humanities, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2013) - Short-listed
Gabrielle Roy Prize, Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures (2012) - Short-listed