ISBN:
9780870138188
,
0870138189
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIV, 188 S.
Series Statement:
American Indian studies series
DDC:
810.9/897
Keywords:
American literature Indian authors
;
History and criticism
;
Indians in literature
;
American literature Indian authors
;
History and criticism
;
Indians in literature
;
Indianer
;
Nordamerika
;
Literatur
;
Widerstand
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Introduction. Indigenous resistance fiction -- Assimilation or appropriation? the idea of the center in N. Scott Momaday's Way to rainy mountain -- Authenticity and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- The ethical use of the indigenous traditions in contemporary literature -- Writing a friendship dance : orality in Mourning Dove's Cogewea -- Bearheart : Gerald Vizenor's compassionate novel -- Muted traditions and dialogic affirmation in Louise Erdrich's Love medicine -- Perpetual metamorphosis : transformational journeys in Young Bear's Black eagle child
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction. Indigenous resistance fiction -- Assimilation or appropriation? the idea of the center in N. Scott Momaday's Way to rainy mountain -- Authenticity and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- The ethical use of the indigenous traditions in contemporary literature -- Writing a friendship dance : orality in Mourning Dove's Cogewea -- Bearheart : Gerald Vizenor's compassionate novel -- Muted traditions and dialogic affirmation in Louise Erdrich's Love medicine -- Perpetual metamorphosis : transformational journeys in Young Bear's Black eagle child
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
