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Blue bear woman
- 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
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 20-3025 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- 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 seriesInanna 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