Red Matters - Native American Studies

Informationen zum Autor Arnold Krupat Klappentext Arnold Krupat, one of the most original and respected critics working in Native American studies today, offers a clear and compelling set of reasons why red--Native American culture, history, and literature--should matter to Americans more than it has to Zusammenfassung A work marked by theoretical sophistication! wide learning! and social passion! Red Matters is a major contribution to the imperative effort of understanding the indigenous presence on the American continents. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Nationalism, Indigenism, Cosmopolitanism: Three Critical Perspectives on Native American Literatures 2. On the Translation of Native American Song and Story: A Theorized History 3. America's Histories 4. From "Half-Blood" to "Mixedblood"; Cogewea and the "Discourse of Indian Blood" 5. The "Rage Stage": Contextualizing Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Arnold Krupat, Krupat Arnold
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2002
• EAN: 9780812218039
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-1803-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Rethinking the Americas; Rethinking the Americas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Amerika, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Native American