The Cambridge history of Native American literature / edited by Melanie Benson Taylor.

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810.9/897
Title
The Cambridge history of Native American literature / edited by Melanie Benson Taylor.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 544 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Sep 2020).
Summary
Native American literature has always been uniquely embattled. It is marked by divergent opinions about what constitutes authenticity, sovereignty, and even literature. It announces a culture beset by paradox: simultaneously primordial and postmodern; oral and inscribed; outmoded and novel. Its texts are a site of political struggle, shifting to meet external and internal expectations. This Cambridge History endeavors to capture and question the contested character of Indigenous texts and the way they are evaluated. It delineates significant periods of literary and cultural development in four sections: “Traces & Removals” (pre-1870s); “Assimilation and Modernity” (1879-1967); “Native American Renaissance” (post-1960s); and “Visions & Revisions” (21st century). These rubrics highlight how Native literatures have evolved alongside major transitions in federal policy toward the Indian, and via contact with broader cultural phenomena such, as the American Civil Rights movement. There is a balance between a history of canonical authors and traditions, introducing less-studied works and themes, and foregrounding critical discussions, approaches, and controversies.
Added Author
Taylor, Melanie Benson, 1976- editor.
Subject
American literature Indian authors History and criticism.
Canadian literature Indian authors History and criticism.
American literature History and criticism.
INDIANS IN LITERATURE.
Indians of North America Intellectual life.
Indians of North America Civilization.
Multimedia
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Summary
Native American literature has always been uniquely embattled. It is marked by divergent opinions about what constitutes authenticity, sovereignty, and even literature. It announces a culture beset by paradox: simultaneously primordial and postmodern; oral and inscribed; outmoded and novel. Its texts are a site of political struggle, shifting to meet external and internal expectations. This Cambridge History endeavors to capture and question the contested character of Indigenous texts and the way they are evaluated. It delineates significant periods of literary and cultural development in four sections: “Traces & Removals” (pre-1870s); “Assimilation and Modernity” (1879-1967); “Native American Renaissance” (post-1960s); and “Visions & Revisions” (21st century). These rubrics highlight how Native literatures have evolved alongside major transitions in federal policy toward the Indian, and via contact with broader cultural phenomena such, as the American Civil Rights movement. There is a balance between a history of canonical authors and traditions, introducing less-studied works and themes, and foregrounding critical discussions, approaches, and controversies.
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Sep 2020).
Subject
American literature Indian authors History and criticism.
Canadian literature Indian authors History and criticism.
American literature History and criticism.
INDIANS IN LITERATURE.
Indians of North America Intellectual life.
Indians of North America Civilization.
Multimedia