That the people might live : Native American literatures and Native American community /

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Weaver focuses on studying Native American literature as a reflectionand shaper of community values, especially for modern urban Native Americans. For cultures so gravitized by oral tradition, the written word has become the messenger of culture and religion.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weaver, Jace, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Indian literature > United States > History and criticism.
American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
Indians of North America > Intellectual life.
Indians of North America > Religion.
Indians of North America > Ethnic identity.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs indiens d'Amérique > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Indians of North America > Intellectual life
American literature > Indian authors
Indian literature
Indians of North America > Ethnic identity
Indians of North America > Religion
Littérature indienne > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs indiens > Histoire et critique.
Indiens > Amérique du Nord > Religion.
Indiens > Amérique du Nord > Identité collective.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Native American literatures and communitism
  • Occom's Razor and Ridge's Masquerade (18th-19th Century)
  • Assimilation, apocalypticism, and reform (1900-1967)
  • Indian literary renaissance and the continuing search for community (1968- )
  • Conclusion: Anger times imagination.

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