Gerald Vizenor / Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana.

His life, like his work, was a long time taking root in a place and a culture. Drawing on his Ojibwa heritage, the bitter effects of his father's murder when he was himself still a baby, his intermittent formal education, and his need to reconcile the tribal past with the political present, Vizenor...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Native American novelists.
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2009], ©1994.
Series:Films on Demand.
Native American novelists.
Subjects:
Vizenor, Gerald Robert, > 1934-
American literature > History > 20th century.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (50 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Indian Renaissance in Writing (4:08)
  • Gerald Vizenor: First Autographical Novel (4:13)
  • Gerald Vizenor: Second Autobiographical Novel (3:37)
  • American Guilt About Native Americans (2:21)
  • Gerald Vizenor on Language and Words (3:17)
  • Social Work in the Penitentiary (3:43)
  • Oral Tradition and Literature: The Trickster (4:22)
  • Violence in Gerald Vizenor's Work (3:55)
  • Haiku Poetry (3:30)
  • Indian Identity (1:39)
  • Great Indian Orators (3:28)
  • Tribal Wealth and Tribal Conscience (3:09)
  • Gerald Vizenor: Subversive Writer (2:37)
  • Gerald Vizenor: Writer's Writer (1:53)