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Landscape and Temporality in Short Fiction, Part 1
  • ISSN: 2043-0701
  • E-ISSN: 2043-071X

Abstract

This article considers how Norma Dunning, a writer of Inuit descent, maps out Edmonton in . It examines the role Dunning gives the Inuit spirits who descend from the north to help their descendants. The stories provide a crude evocation of contemporary Inuit lives on the streets of Edmonton. However, thanks to the spirits, a more humane vision of the southern city surfaces. Even though Dunning does not provide her readers with Inuit myths or an idealized vision of the north, her stories are infused with Inuit spirituality that destabilizes Euro-western visions of space and time.

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2025-03-10
2025-04-28
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