Christine J. Elsey
Christine Elsey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social, Cultural and Media Studies at University of the Fraser Valley. She has a PhD in Sociology, from Simon Fraser University, with a focus on British Columbia First Nation's Peoples. She has taught at the university level for over 20 years, has been an indigenous rights advocate since 1988, and participated in the movement to 'Save The Stein Valley' until it eventually became the Nlaka'pamux Stein Tribal Heritage Park in 1996. She is currently the review editor of a scholarly journal entitled the "Native Studies Review" published by the Native Studies Department of the University of Saskatchewan. Christine has St'at'imc ancestry through one of her Grandmothers.
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Synopsis:
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.
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