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Kira Van Deusen
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McGill-Queen's University Press
After decades exploring Siberian cultures Kira Van Deusen turned to the Canadian north to ask many such questions looking at them through the versions of one of their most respected legends - that of hero/shaman Kiviuq an Inuit counterpart to Homer's Odysseus - told by forty Inuit elders. The elders' voices engage us directly inviting us to look at the unique qualities of arctic heroism and its application to present-day concerns. Rich details from each of the elders' families help explain interpersonal challenges to survival in the north and offer both practical and spiritual lessons. Van Deusen also points out intriguing cultural connections across the Bering Strait past and present.The first in-depth book on Inuit oral literature to appear in English in nearly a century Kiviuq is a must-read for those interested in northern cultures shamanism oral storytelling and cultural change.
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