Description |
1 online resource (195 pages) |
Series |
Native Americans--interdisciplinary perspectives |
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Native Americans (Routledge (Firm))
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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 |
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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 |
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Print version record |
Subject |
American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism
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Women and literature -- United States
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Indian women in literature.
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Women in literature.
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Indian women.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American literature -- Indian authors
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Indian women
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Indian women in literature
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Women and literature
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Women in literature
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2003009692 |
ISBN |
0203507835 |
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9780203507834 |
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9780415946971 |
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0415946972 |
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9786610019748 |
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6610019746 |
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1138977446 |
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9781138977440 |
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1135938938 |
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9781135938932 |
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1280019743 |
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9781280019746 |
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