Research Catalog

Title

Blue bear woman / Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau ; translated by Susan Ouriou & Christelle Morelli.

Author

Pésémapéo Bordeleau, Virginia, 1951-

Publication

• Toronto, Canada : Inanna Publications and Education Inc., [2019]
• ©2007

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Ouriou, Susan
• Morelli, Christelle

Description

157 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

"Blue Bear Woman (Ourse bleue) is the first novel in Quebec written by an Indigenous woman. The story of a young Cree woman's search for her roots and identity, this is also the author's debut novel, originally published in 2007, and it will be her second book to be published in English. The novel has been described as a "texte de resistance", showing contemporary Indigenous life and the impact on the Cree of the building of the Eastmain dam in northern Quebec, posited as "virgin" territory, yet which has actually been part of the Cree traditional territory since time immemorial. In search of her roots, Victoria takes a trip to the country of her Cree ancestors with her companion, Daniel. It is a long journey to the north along the shores of James Bay. Colours, smells, and majestic landscapes arouse memories that soon devolve into strange and hauntings dreams at night. In bits and pieces, uncles, aunties, and cousins arrive to tell the story of Victoria's family and bring with them images of her childhood that are tinged both with joy and sadness. Guided by her totem, the Blue Bear, she returns home to make peace with her soul, as well as release the soul of her great-uncle, a hunter who has been missing in the forest for over twenty years."--

Series Statement

Inanna poetry & fiction series

Uniform Title

• Ourse bleue. English
• Inanna poetry & fiction series.

Alternative Title

Ourse bleue.

Subject

• Families > Fiction
• Indigenous women > Fiction
• Indigenous peoples > Social life and customs > Fiction
• Cree First Nation > Fiction
• Cree Indians > Social life and customs > Fiction
• Identity (Psychology) > Fiction
• Indigenous women
• Cree Indians > Social life and customs
• Families
• Identity (Psychology)
• Indigenous peoples > Social life and customs
• James Bay (Nunavut) > Fiction
• Hudson Bay > James Bay

Genre/Form

Fiction.

Note

• "Originally written by Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau, and published in French as Ourse bleue by Éditions de la Pleine Lune, 2007"--Copyright page.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic formats.

Language (note)

• Translated from the French.

Call Number

JFD 20-3025

ISBN

• 9781771336819
• 1771336811

OCLC

1096475464

Author

Pésémapéo Bordeleau, Virginia, 1951- author.

Title

Blue bear woman / Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau ; translated by Susan Ouriou & Christelle Morelli.

Publisher

Toronto, Canada : Inanna Publications and Education Inc., [2019]

Copyright Date

©2007

Edition

First English edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Inanna poetry & fiction series

Inanna poetry & fiction series.

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic formats.

Language

Translated from the French.

Added Author

Ouriou, Susan, translator.

Morelli, Christelle, translator.

Other Form:

Online version: Pésémapéo Bordeleau, Virginia, 1951- Ourse bleue. English. Blue bear woman. Toronto, Canada : Inanna Publications & Education Inc., 2019 177133682X 9781771336826 (OCoLC)1108335820

Research Call Number

JFD 20-3025