ISBN:
0822342413
,
9780822342236
,
9780822342410
Language:
English
Pages:
XVII, 294 S.
Series Statement:
New Americanists
DDC:
813/.5409897
Keywords:
Momaday, N. Scott
;
Welch, James
;
Silko, Leslie
;
Momaday N. Scott
;
1934-
;
House made of dawn
;
Welch James
;
1940-
;
Winter in the blood
;
Silko Leslie
;
1948-
;
Ceremony
;
American fiction Indian authors
;
History and criticism
;
Indians of North America Ethnic identity
;
American fiction Indian authors
;
History and criticism
;
Indians of North America Ethnic identity
;
USA
;
Indianer
;
Literatur
;
Ethnische Identität
;
Momaday, Navarre Scott 1934- House made of dawn
;
Welch, James 1940-2003 Winter in the blood
;
Silko, Leslie Marmon 1948- Ceremony
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : imagining an American Indian centerEmbodying lands : somatic place in N. Scott Momaday's House made of dawn -- Placing the ancestors : historical identity in James Welch's Winter in the blood -- Learning to feel : tribal experience in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- Hearing the callout : American Indian political criticism -- Conclusion : building cultural knowledge in the contemporary Native novel.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : imagining an American Indian center -- Embodying lands : somatic place in N. Scott Momaday's House made of dawn -- Placing the ancestors : historical identity in James Welch's Winter in the blood -- Learning to feel : tribal experience in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- Hearing the callout : American Indian political criticism -- Conclusion : building cultural knowledge in the contemporary native novel
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
