Record details

• ISBN: 0873523547 :
• ISBN: 9780873523547
• ISBN: 0873523555 (pbk.) :
• ISBN: 9780873523554 (pbk.)
• Physical Description: xiv, 384 p. ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Modern Language Association of America, c1983.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Bibliography: p. [320]-361.

Formatted Contents Note:

Oral literature. The sacred hoop : a contemporary perspective / Paula Gunn Allen -- Cycles of appreciation / Larry Evers -- Teaching American Indian oral literatures -- Personal narrative, autobiography, and intermediate literature. American Indian autobiography / Kathleen Mullen Sands -- Intermediate forms between oral and written literature / Elaine Jahner -- Teaching personal narratives and autobiography -- American Indian women's literature. Transformation of tradition : autobiographical works by American Indian women / Gretchen Bataille -- Grandmother Spider's lifeline / Susan J. Scarberry -- Ain't seen you since : dissent among female relatives in American Indian women's poetry / Patricia Clark Smith -- The feminine landscape of Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony / Paula Gunn Allen -- Teaching American Indian women's literature -- Modern and contemporary American Indian literature. Old traditions and new forms / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff.

(cont.) Who puts together / Linda Hogan -- Bear and elk : the nature(s) of contemporary American Indian poetry / Kenneth M. Roemer -- Coyote Ortiz : Canis latrans latrans in the poetry of Simon Ortiz / Patricia Clark Smith -- A critical approach to American Indian literature / Elaine Jahner -- Introductory courses in American Indian literature -- Survey courses -- The Indian in American literature. Discovering America : Mary Austin and imagism / James Ruppert -- "The white man will never be alone" : the Indian theme in standard American literature courses / Joseph M. Backus -- Teaching the Indian in American literature -- Resources. American Indian literatures : a guide to anthologies, texts, and research / A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff.

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American literature > Indian authors > Study and teaching.
American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
Indian literature > Study and teaching > United States.
Indian literature > United States > History and criticism.
Indians of North America > Intellectual life.
Indians in literature.
Literatura americana > Autores indios > Historia y crítica
Literatura india > Estudio y enseñanza > EE.UU.
Literatura india > EE.UU. > Historia y crítica
Indios en la literatura
Indiens d'Amérique dans la littérature.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs indiens d'Amérique > Étude et enseignement.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs indiens d'Amérique > Histoire et critique.
Littérature indienne d'Amérique > Étude et enseignement.
Littérature indienne d'Amérique > Histoire et critique.