Postindian Aesthetics - Affirming Indigenous Literary Sovereignty

A collection of cutting-edge essays on Indigenous writers who are creatively and powerfully contributing to a thriving Indigenous literary aesthetic. This book argues for a literary canon that includes Indigenous literature that resists colonizing stereotypes of what has been and often still is expected in art produced by American Indians.

About the author

Debra K. S. Barker (Rosebud Sioux / Sicangu Lakota Nation) serves as director of the American Indian Studies Program and is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
Connie A. Jacobs is a professor emerita at San Juan College. Her recent co-edited books include The Dine Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literatureand Louise Erdrich's Justice Trilogy: Cultural and Critical Contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Warrior
• Assisted by: Debra K S Barker (Editor), Debra K. S. Barker (Editor), Connie A Jacobs (Editor), Connie A. Jacobs (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780816546268
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-4626-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies