Record details

• ISBN: 0295979046 (acid-free paper)
• ISBN: 9780295979045 (acid-free paper)
• Physical Description: 183 pages ; 25 cm.
• Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A McLellan book."

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- House made of cards : the construction of American Indians -- American Indians, authenticity, and the future -- Vine Deloria, Jr. : reconstructing the logic of belief -- Constituting and preserving self through writing -- Louise Erdrich : protecting and celebrating culture -- James Welch's Indian lawyer -- Pragmatism and American Indian thought -- Conclusion.

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Subject:

American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Indians of North America > Intellectual life.
Group identity in literature.
Experience in literature.
Indians in literature.