Writing home : indigenous narratives of resistance /
Wilson, Michael D., 1960-
Writing home : indigenous narratives of resistance / Michael D. Wilson. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2008. - xxiv, 188 p. ; 23 cm. - American Indian studies series . - American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index.
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.
9780870138188 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0870138189 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007038514
American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism.
Indians in literature.
PS153.I52 / W53 2008
810.9/897
Writing home : indigenous narratives of resistance / Michael D. Wilson. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2008. - xxiv, 188 p. ; 23 cm. - American Indian studies series . - American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index.
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.
9780870138188 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0870138189 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2007038514
American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism.
Indians in literature.
PS153.I52 / W53 2008
810.9/897