ISBN:
9780415579421
,
9780415579438
,
0415579422
,
0415579430
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 188 S.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Coulombe, Joseph L., 1966 - Reading Native American literature
DDC:
810.9/897
Keywords:
American literature Indian authors
;
History and criticism
;
Indians of North America Intellectual life
;
Indians in literature
;
American literature
;
Indian authors
;
History and criticism
;
Indians in literature
;
USA
;
Literatur
;
Indianer
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction. Native American literary outreach and the non-native readerFollowing the tracks: history and context of native writing -- Nothing but words: from confrontation to connection in N. Scott Momaday's House made of dawn -- Revitalizing the original clan: participant readers in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- Individualism vs. separation: imagining the self to foster unity via Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart -- Writing for connection: cross-cultural understanding in James Welch's historical fiction -- The approximate size of his favorite humor: Sherman Alexie's comic connections and disconnections in The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven -- Stitching the gap: believing vs. knowing in Linda Hogan's Power.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction. Native American literary outreach and the non-native reader -- Following the tracks: history and context of native writing -- Nothing but words: from confrontation to connection in N. Scott Momaday's House made of dawn -- Revitalizing the original clan: participant readers in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- Individualism vs. separation: imagining the self to foster unity via Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart -- Writing for connection: cross-cultural understanding in James Welch's historical fiction -- The approximate size of his favorite humor: Sherman Alexie's comic connections and disconnections in The lone ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven -- Stitching the gap: believing vs. knowing in Linda Hogan's Power.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [169] - 181
