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Writing home : indigenous narratives of resistance / Michael D. Wilson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.)Publication details: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2008.Description: xxiv, 188 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780870138188 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0870138189 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS153.I52 W53 2008
Contents:
Introduction. Indigenous resistance fiction -- Assimilation or appropriation? the idea of the center in N. Scott Momaday's Way to rainy mountain and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- "Authenticity" and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- The ethical use of indigenous traditions in contemporary literature -- Writing a friendship dance : orality in Mourning Dove's Cogewea -- Bearheart : Gerald Vizenor's compassionate novel -- Muted traditions and dialogic affirmation in Louise Erdrich's Love medicine -- Perpetual metamorphosis : transformational journeys in Ray Young Bear's Black eagle child -- Conclusion. Writing the indigenous nation.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index.

Introduction. Indigenous resistance fiction -- Assimilation or appropriation? the idea of the center in N. Scott Momaday's Way to rainy mountain and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- "Authenticity" and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony -- The ethical use of indigenous traditions in contemporary literature -- Writing a friendship dance : orality in Mourning Dove's Cogewea -- Bearheart : Gerald Vizenor's compassionate novel -- Muted traditions and dialogic affirmation in Louise Erdrich's Love medicine -- Perpetual metamorphosis : transformational journeys in Ray Young Bear's Black eagle child -- Conclusion. Writing the indigenous nation.