The poetics of land : a personal journey through the stories, ideas and images of land and people in Bengal, from Vedic times to Nandigram / Marc,Hatzfeld,.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge : Black Apollo Press, 2016Description: 322 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781900355841 (pbk.)
- 304.23095414 HAT 23 013441
- E78.B9 E47 2013
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore | 304.23095414 HAT 013441 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 03/10/2024 | 013441 |
"The Poetics of Land and Identity is about the meaning of land for the many diverse First Nations within British Columbia. The work offers a study of the folklore and symbolic traditions within many Aboriginal regions and illustrates how these traditions emphasize the importance of orality and poetics as the defining factor in the value of land. Christine J. Elsey offers a deft, scholarly discussion of these "storyscapes," providing us with a point of access for understanding First Nations' perspectives on the world and their land. She provides an important alternative to the monetary, exploitative, resource-driven view of nature and land ownership and highlights the conflicts between the colonial, Western perspective of nature and the holistic view of First Nations people."--Publisher's website.
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