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Contemporary challenges : conversations with Canadian native authors / [interviews conducted by] Hartmut Lutz.

Lutz, Hartmut. (Author).

Summary:

Conversations with eighteen Native writers including their thoughts and concerns about writing, the influence of the oral tradition, what makes them write, the relationship between Native writers and (non-Native) critics, their views of spirituality, the question of "appropriation" of Native stories, the problems of overcoming barriers to understanding and perception between Natives and non-Natives, and the larger questions of how human beings relate to the Earth. Authors interviewed: Jeannette Armstrong, Beth Cuthand, Maria Campbell, Jordan Wheeler, Lenore Keeshig-Tobias, Tomson Highway, Beatrice Culleton, Thomas King, Greg Young-Ing, Anne Acco, Howard Adams, Daniel David Moses, Lee Maracle, Emma LaRocque, Ruby Slipperjack, Joy Asham Fedorick, Basil Johnston, and Rita Joe.

Record details

  • ISBN: 092007975X
  • ISBN: 9780920079751
  • Physical Description: viii, 276 p. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Saskatoon, Sask. : Fifth House Publishers, c1991.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references p. (265-276).
Subject:
Canadian literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
Indians of North America > Canada > Intellectual life.
Authors, Canadian > 20th century > Interviews.
Indian authors > Canada > Interviews.
Indians in literature.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library PS 8089.5 .I6 L88 1991 283907 Stacks Available -