LeAnne Howe at the intersections of Southern and Native American literature

Squint, Kirstin L. 1973- (author.).

Summary: With the publication of her first novel, Shell Shaker (2001), Choctaw writer LeAnne Howe quickly emerged as a crucial voice in twenty-first-century American literature. Her innovative, award-winning works of fiction, poetry, drama, and criticism capture the complexities of Native American life and interrogate histories of both cultural and linguistic oppression throughout the United States.

Record details

ISBN: 9780807168714
ISBN: 0807168718
ISBN: 9780807168721
ISBN: 9780807168738
Physical Description: print
x, 179 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Choctalking and code talking in the South(s) -- Choctaw homescapes on the Gulf Coast -- Gender and the sacred: healers, prophets, and ceremonies -- Interstate simulations and postindian warriors -- Choctalking global (dis)connections -- Conclusion: Native Southern literary studies: where do we go from here? -- Appendix: The native south, performance, and globalized trans-indigeneity: a conversation with LeAnne Howe.