Storytelling in the Arctic

Abstract If myths offered the Northwest Coast a means of advancing one’s social position, among Eskimos they served the purpose of killing time. Before the days of satellite TV, stories were needed, if for no other reason than to help fill the endless winter night. At its best, this eminently practi...

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Main Author: Bierhorst, John
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Published: Oxford University PressNew York, NY 2002
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Arctic
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195146226.003.0005
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780195146226.003.0005 2023-12-31T10:03:35+01:00 Storytelling in the Arctic Bierhorst, John 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195146226.003.0005 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/51989239/isbn-9780195146226-book-part-5.pdf unknown Oxford University PressNew York, NY The Mythology Of North America page 57-64 ISBN 9780195146226 9780197714812 book-chapter 2002 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195146226.003.0005 2023-12-06T08:59:14Z Abstract If myths offered the Northwest Coast a means of advancing one’s social position, among Eskimos they served the purpose of killing time. Before the days of satellite TV, stories were needed, if for no other reason than to help fill the endless winter night. At its best, this eminently practical approach to storytelling gave rise to a secular entertainment industry unexcelled by any other native American culture. Only among the Pueblos and perhaps the Iroquois was the art of fiction so highly developed, and only in the Southwest did music play so great a role. Book Part Arctic eskimo* Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 57 64
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