Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap

Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap
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Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Total Pages : 137
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ISBN-10 : 9781602234536
ISBN-13 : 1602234531
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Book Synopsis Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap by : Vivian Faith Prescott

Download or read book Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap written by Vivian Faith Prescott and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a single descendant’s voice that speaks to the Sámi diaspora, this collection of poems is a journey through colonialism, transgenerational trauma, and identity. Many have heard of the Sámi reindeer herders brought to Alaska by Sheldon Jackson in the 1800s, but not much is known about the Sámi diaspora experiences in the state and beyond. The poems in Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap use the North Sámi language as well as graphics and various types of poetry to tell these stories of migration and diaspora. Vivian Faith Prescott’s use of language is both a celebration of the richness of the Sámi languages and a mourning of the loss of language that occurs when a population is displaced and forced to exist in a totally foreign language space. According to Sámilinguist, professor, and politician Ole Henrik Magga, the Sámi languages have “very easily . . . one thousand lexemes with connections to snow, ice, freezing, and melting.” These lexemes frame many of Prescott’s poems, introducing ideas and feelings around the loss of language and culture. A compelling insight into the Sámi culture from a contemporary poet’s eye, Old Woman with Berries in Her Lap juxtaposes past and present in an act of reclamation.


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