Telling the stories : essays on American Indian literatures and cultures / edited by Elizabeth Hoffman Nelson & Malcolm A. Nelson.
| Other author | Hoffman, Elizabeth DeLaney, 1965- |
| Other author | Nelson, Malcolm A. (Malcolm Antony) |
| Other author | American Culture Association. Meeting (1997 : San Antonio, Tex.) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Peter Lang Pub., ©2001. |
| Description | xi, 186 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | American Indian studies ; vol. 7 American Indian studies v. 7. ^A356875 |
| Contents | Mother tongues and native voices: linguistic fantasies in the age of the encounter / Scott Manning Stevens -- Alaska Haida narratives: maintaining cultural identity through subsistence / Jeane C. Breinig -- The act of storytelling and gender dynamics in "Kaweshawa": a study of the Watunna, the Makiritare creation myth / Heatherly Brooke Bucher -- These were Mari Sandoz's Sioux / Malcolm A. Nelson -- Rewriting ethnography: the embedded texts in Leslie Silko's Ceremony / Robert M. Nelson -- Constituting and preserving self through writing / Sidner J. Larson. |
| Contents | Perception in D'Arcy McNickle's The Surrounded: a postcolonial reading / Jeri Zulli -- Teaching Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony / Conrad Shumaker -- Western fictions in Welch's Fools Crow: languages of landscape and culture / Blanca Chester -- Native American sleuths: following in the footsteps of the Indian guides? / John K. Donaldson -- King and kodachrome: Green Grass, Running Water's models for non-native participation / Maurice Collins -- Dialectic to dialogic: negotiating bicultural heritage in Sherman Alexie's sonnets / Carrie Etter. |
| Contents | Tales of Burning Love: Louise Erdich's "Scarlet Letter" / Tom Matchie. |
| General note | "The essays in this collection were given at the 1997 American Culture Association's meeting in San Antonio, Texas"--Pref. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 99030804 |
| ISBN | 0820439541 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS153.I52 T45 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |