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• ISBN: 0806137193 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780806137193 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 0806138521 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780806138527 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xiii, 274 p. : ill. ; 24cm.
• Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2005.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-267) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Storytellers and representative Indians in a theory of boarding-school literature -- The man-on-the-band-stand and the represented Indian -- Francis La Flesche and Zitkala-Sa write the middle ground and the educators respond -- Repertoires of representation in boarding-school-era autobiography -- Runaways, rebels, and indolent boys in contemporary re-visions of boarding-school narratives -- Boarding-school repertoire and the American Indian literary tradition.

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Subject:

American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
Indians of North America > Intellectual life.
Indians of North America > Education.
Boarding schools > United States.
Boarding schools in literature.
Indians in literature.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs indiens d'Amérique > Histoire et critique.
Indiens d'Amérique > États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle.
Indiens d'Amérique > États-Unis > Éducation.
Internats > États-Unis.
Internats dans la littérature.
Indiens d'Amérique dans la littérature.