First person plural : aboriginal storytelling and the ethics of collaborative authorship

McCall, Sophie 1969- (Author).

Summary: "Told-to narratives, or collaboratively produced texts by Aboriginal storytellers and (usually) non-Aboriginal writers, often confound traditional literary understandings of voice and authorship. In this innovative exploration, these unique narratives are not romanticized as unmediated translations of oral documents, nor are they dismissed as corruptions of original works. Rather, the approach emphasizes the interpenetration of authorship and collaboration. Discussing a wide range of told-to narratives, including ethnography, recorded (auto)biography, testimonial life narrative, documentary, myth, legend, and song, Sophie McCall explores the multifaceted implications of the choices that editors, translators, narrators, and filmmakers make as they channel these narratives into new forms.

Record details

ISBN: 9780774819794
ISBN: 0774819790
ISBN: 9780774819800
ISBN: 0774819804
ISBN: 9780774819817
ISBN: 9780774859936
Physical Description: print
ix, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-245) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.