Reading Native American Literature.
Native American literature explores divides between public and private cultures, ethnicities and experience. In this volume, Joseph Coulombe argues that Native American writers use diverse narrative strategies to engage with readers and are 'writing for connection' with both Native and non...
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2011.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PERMISSIONS; INTRODUCTION: NATIVE AMERICAN LITERARY OUTREACH AND THE NON-NATIVE READER; 1 FOLLOWING THE TRACKS: HISTORY AND CONTEXT OF NATIVE WRITING; 2 NOTHING BUT WORDS: FROM CONFRONTATION TO CONNECTION IN N. SCOTT MOMADAY'S HOUSE MADE OF DAWN; 3 REVITALIZING THE ORIGINAL CLAN: PARTICIPANT READERS IN LESLIE MARMON SILKO'S CEREMONY; 4 INDIVIDUALISM VS. SEPARATION: IMAGINING THE SELF TO FOSTER UNITY VIA GERALD VIZENOR'S BEARHEART; 5 WRITING FOR CONNECTION: CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING IN JAMES WELCH'S HISTORICAL FICTION.