Stories Through Theories/ Theories Through Stories North American Indian Writing, Storytelling, and Critique |
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| Editor:
| Henry Jr., Gordon D.
Soler, Nieves Pascual
Martínez-Falquina, Silvia |
| Series title: | American Indian Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87013-841-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Publisher: | Michigan State University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Stories Through Theories/Theories Through Stories explores the uneasy relations--often contentious, sometimes complicit--between American Indian Literature and literary theory. This collection of essays--sometimes playfully but always insistently--changes our readings of Native works and challenges our roles as intellectual guides until we step deeper into the ambiguous territories where writer, listener, reader, and critic intersect.Taken together, these essays provide...
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Stories Through Theories/Theories Through Stories explores the uneasy relations--often contentious, sometimes complicit--between American Indian Literature and literary theory. This collection of essays--sometimes playfully but always insistently--changes our readings of Native works and challenges our roles as intellectual guides until we step deeper into the ambiguous territories where writer, listener, reader, and critic intersect.Taken together, these essays provide compelling evidence for looking at primary Native cultures, authors, and histories as enrichments of Native literature.