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Writing home : indigenous narratives of resistance / Michael D. Wilson.

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  • ISBN: 9780870138188 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0870138189 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xxiv, 188 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction. Indigenous resistance fiction -- Assimilation or appropriation? the idea of the center in N. Scott Momaday's Way to rainy mountain and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- "Authenticity" and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- The ethical use of indigenous traditions in contemporary literature -- Writing a friendship dance : orality in Mourning Dove's Cogewea -- Bearheart : Gerald Vizenor's compassionate novel -- Muted traditions and dialogic affirmation in Louise Erdrich's Love medicine -- Perpetual metamorphosis : transformational journeys in Ray Young Bear's Black eagle child.
Subject:
American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
Indians in literature.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Version of Resource: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0727/2007038514.html

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Introduction. Indigenous resistance fiction
Assimilation or appropriation? the idea of the center in N. Scott Momaday's Way to rainy mountain and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
"Authenticity" and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
The ethical use of indigenous traditions in contemporary literature
Writing a friendship dance : orality in Mourning Dove's Cogewea
Bearheart : Gerald Vizenor's compassionate novel
Muted traditions and dialogic affirmation in Louise Erdrich's Love medicine
Perpetual metamorphosis : transformational journeys in Ray Young Bear's Black eagle child.