Reading Native American literature / Joseph L. Coulombe.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coulombe, Joseph L., 1966-
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
American literature > Indigenous authors > History and criticism.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Intellectual life.
Indigenous peoples in literature.
Physical Description:ix, 188 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction. Native American literary outreach and the non-native reader
  • Following the tracks: history and context of native writing
  • Nothing but words: from confrontation to connection in N. Scott Momaday's House made of dawn
  • Revitalizing the original clan: participant readers in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
  • Individualism vs. separation: imagining the self to foster unity via Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart
  • Writing for connection: cross-cultural understanding in James Welch's historical fiction
  • The approximate size of his favorite humor: Sherman Alexie's comic connections and disconnections in The lone ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven
  • Stitching the gap: believing vs. knowing in Linda Hogan's Power.