Title Indians, environment, and identity on the borders of American literature : from Faulkner and Morrison to Walker and Silko / Lindsey Claire Smith

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (196 pages) Series American literature readings in the 21st century American literature readings in the 21st century. Contents Cross-Cultural Hybridity in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans -- Legacy of Doom on the Crossroads of William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha -- Indigenous Rememory : Cultural Hybridity and the Nature of Resistance in the Novels of Toni Morrison -- Alice Walker's Eco-"Warriors" -- The Earth Remains: Place and Prophecy in Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead Summary Indians, Environment, and Identity on the Borders of American Literature foregrounds amalgamation among American Indians, African Americans, and Euramericans as a central feature of American literature. The authors discussed, including James Fenimore Cooper, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Leslie Marmon Silko, place this cross-cultural contact in nature, not only collapsing cultural and racial boundaries, but also complicating divisions between "wilderness" and "civilization." Responding to contemporary theoretical approaches to race, culture, and nationhood, this book points toward the multiple perspectives and cultures that distinguish American literature. Smith highlights the role of geography in these critical discourses, forging a connection between ecological theory and ethnic studies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index Notes Print version record Subject American literature -- History and criticism. Indians in literature. Intercultural communication in literature. Ecology in literature. Nature in literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Group identity in literature. Literary essays. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. Literature. American literature Ecology in literature Group identity in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Indians in literature Intercultural communication in literature Nature in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230614055 0230614051 1282101978 9781282101975

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