{"product_id":"life-woven-with-song-nora-marks-dauenhauer-9780816520060","title":"Life Woven with Song: Volume 41","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Tlingit Indians of southeastern Alaska\u003c\/b\u003e are known for their totem poles, Chilkat blankets, and ocean-going canoes. Nora Marks Dauenhauer is a cultural emissary of her people and now tells the story of her own life within the context of her community's. \u003ci\u003eLife Woven with Song\u003c\/i\u003e re-creates in written language the oral tradition of the Tlingit people as it records memories of Dauenhauer's heritage--of older relatives and Tlingit elders, of trolling for salmon and preparing food in the dryfish camps, of making a living by working in canneries. She explores these recurring themes of food and land, salmon and rainforest, from changing perspectives--as a child, a mother, and a grandmother--and through a variety of literary forms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In prose, Dauenhauer presents stories such as \"Egg Boat\"--the tale of a twelve-year-old girl fishing the North Pacific for the first time alone--and an autobiographical piece that reveals much about Tlingit lifeways. Then in a section of short lyrical poems she offers crystalline tributes to her land and people. In a concluding selection of plays, Dauenhauer presents three Raven stories that were adapted as stage plays from oral versions told in Tlingit by three storytellers of her community. These plays were commissioned by the Naa Kahidi Theater and have been performed throughout America and Europe. They take the form of a storyteller delivering a narrative while other members of the cast act and dance in masks and costumes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Collectively, Dauenhauer's writings form an \"autoethnography,\" offering new insight into how the Tlingit have been affected by modernization and how Native American culture perseveres in the face of change. Despite the hardships her people have seen, this woman affirms the goodness of life as found in family and community, in daily work and play, and in tribal traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nora Marks Dauenhauer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816520062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816520060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.11w x 0.37d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2000 pg. 1515","brand":"Nora Marks Dauenhauer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079119139071,"sku":"9780816520060","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04ab9e13-eedb-4a14-95c7-0c0b377f5a58.jpg?v=1685479402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-woven-with-song-nora-marks-dauenhauer-9780816520060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}