Stories of the Road Allowance People

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Stories of the Road Allowance People
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Author Maria Campbell
Illustrator Sherry Farrell Racette
Subject Road allowance communities
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherTheytus Books
Publication date
1995
Publication placeCanada
ISBN 978-0920915998

Stories of the Road Allowance People is a 1995 book by Maria Campbell. [1] [2]

Contents

The book captures the stories of Métis elders, and is a translation from Michif.

Publication and synopsis

Stories of the Road Allowance People was written by Métis author Maria Campbell, who grew up in a road allowance community in Saskatchewan. [1]

It was first published in 1995 by Theytus Books. [3] A revised edition was published by the Gabriel Durmont Institute in 2010. [4] The first edition was illustrated by Sherry Farrell Racette. [5]

The author translated stories told to her in Mitchif into Metis village oral English [5] The book consists of eight stories, written in the Mitchif common vernacular, or "village English", used by the male story tellers, rather than in standard English. [1] The stories vary thematically including stories of tragedy and humour. [5]

Story titles include "Good Dog Bob", a story of marital infidelity. [6]

Critical reception

Writer Penny van Toorn described the book as "One of the most powerful and brilliantly presented books published in the 1990s." [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Neuhaus, Mareike (2010). "The Marriage of Mother and Father: Michif Influences as Expressions of Métis Intellectual Sovereignty in Stories of the Road Allowance People". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 22 (1): 20–48. doi:10.5250/studamerindilite.22.1.20. JSTOR   10.5250/studamerindilite.22.1.20.
  2. ↑ "Métis Road Allowance Communities". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  3. ↑ Murray, Laura J. (1999). "Economies of Experience in The Book of Jessica". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 18 (1): 91–111. doi:10.2307/464348. JSTOR   464348.
  4. ↑ "Stories of the Road Allowance People: The Revised Edition". Gabriel Dumont Institute . Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Van Toorn, Penny (5 February 2004). "Aboriginal writing". The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature. pp. 22–48. doi:10.1017/CCOL0521814413.002. ISBN   9780521814416. ProQuest   2137992998.
  6. ↑ Mulholland, Valerie (2007). "RE-SETTLING THE MARGINS: USING POSTCOLONIAL THEORY TO RETELL OUR STORY". English Quarterly Canada. 39 (3/4): 22–30. ProQuest   792254934.
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