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Forked tongues : speech, writing, and representation in North American Indian texts / David Murray.

Summary:

The author examines Native American language as it is represented and misrepresented in various texts.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0253339421
  • ISBN: 9780253339423
  • ISBN: 0253206502
  • ISBN: 9780253206503
  • Physical Description: 181 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1991.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-173) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Translation -- Languages -- Indian speech and speeches -- Christian Indians : Samson Occom and William Apes -- Autobiography and authorship : identity and unity -- Grizzly Woman and her interpreters -- Dialogues and dialogics.
Subject:
Indians of North America > Languages > Translating.
Intercultural communication > North America.
American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
Indians of North America > Intellectual life.
Indians of North America > Public opinion.
Public opinion > North America.
Indians in literature.
Communication interculturelle - Amérique du Nord.
Indiens d'Amérique - Amérique du Nord - Opinion publique.
Langues indiennes d'Amérique - Amérique du Nord - Traduction.
Littérature américaine - Auteurs indiens d'Amérique - Histoire et critique.
Opinion publique - Amérique du Nord.
Langues indiennes d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord > Traduction.
Communication interculturelle > Amérique du Nord.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs indiens d'Amérique > Histoire et critique.
Indiens d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord > Opinion publique.
Opinion publique > Amérique du Nord.
American literature > Indian authors.
Indians in literature.
Indians of North America > Intellectual life.
Indians of North America > Languages > Translating.
Indians of North America > Public opinion.
Intercultural communication.
Public opinion.
North America.
Indianer
Kulturkontakt
Schriftliche Kommunikation
Nordamerika
Indians of North America > Languages.
Intercultural communication > North America.
American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
Indians of North America > Intellectual life.
Indians of North America > Public opinion.
Public opinion > North America.
Indians in literature.
Indianer.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library PM 218 .M87 1991 679587 Stacks Available -