Title "The old lady trill, the victory yell" : the power of women in Native American literature / Patrice E.M. Hollrah

Published New York : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (195 pages) Series Native Americans--interdisciplinary perspectives Native Americans (Routledge (Firm)) Contents Chapter 1 Introduction: "Writing Is Different from Tribe to Tribe" -- chapter 2 "The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell" -- chapter 3 "We Must Be Masters of Our Circumstances" -- chapter 4 "The Men in the Bar Feared Her" -- chapter 5 "Women Are Strong, Strong, Terribly Strong" -- chapter 6 "'I'm Talking Like a Twentieth-Century Indian Woman'" -- chapter 7 Conclusion: "Indian Women Were and Are Powerful." Summary Covering the work of four of the 20th century's Native American authors, this text argues that a tribal construct of gender relations, where the relationship between male & female roles is complementary rather that hierarchical, accounts for the existence of empowered female characters in literature From warrior women to female deities who control the cycle of life, female characters in Native American literature exhibit a social and spiritual empowerment that is quite different from the average Pocahontas we are used to seeing in mainstream literature. This work argues that a tribal construct of gender relations, where the relationship between male and female roles is complementary rather than hierarchical, accounts for the existence of these empowered female characters in Native American literature. Focusing on the work of four of the twentieth century's most famous Native American authors, Zitkala-Sa, Leslie Marmon Silko, Louise Erdrich and Sherman Alexie, Hollrah suggests that it is important to evaluate Native American literary female characters in a cultural paradigm that is less Euro-American and more compatible to Native American culture Analysis Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index Notes English Print version record Subject American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism Women and literature -- United States Indian women in literature. Women in literature. Indian women. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American literature -- Indian authors Indian women Indian women in literature Women and literature Women in literature United States Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2003009692 ISBN 0203507835 9780203507834 9780415946971 0415946972 9786610019748 6610019746 1138977446 9781138977440 1135938938 9781135938932 1280019743 9781280019746

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