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Off the Reservation - Reflections on Boundary-Busting Border-Crossing Loose Cannons

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Zusatztext Gunn Allen submerges deep in the waters of history and returns bearing words and legends of the past. —Gabrielle Shaw! Foreword "Allen is a pathfinder. . . . As significant as any who have come before." —Quannah Karvar! The Los Angeles Times Book Review "She expands the academic discussion with personal accounts of her life experiences as a mixed-blood Laguna Indian/Lebanese American. . . . Creative! imaginative! yet well-argued." —P. Jane Hafen! MultiCultural Review "Intelligent critique from a renegade spirit who can inspire us all to see what the global prospects are 'off the reservation.'" —Philip Herbst! Booklist Informationen zum Autor Paula Gunn Allen Klappentext In this captivating collection of unpublished and published essays! one of our most important scholars! Paula Gunn Allen! explores the symbiotic relationship between Native American culture and the larger Western world. Through her own history and that of other Native peoples! she searches for a connection that will link the eco-spiritual and implicitly multicultural heritage to the demands of an increasingly global and culturally unilateral community. Zusammenfassung In this captivating collection of unpublished and published essays! one of our most important scholars! Paula Gunn Allen! explores the symbiotic relationship between Native American culture and the larger Western world. Through her own history and that of other Native peoples! she searches for a connection that will link the eco-spiritual and implicitly multicultural heritage to the demands of an increasingly global and culturally unilateral community.

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Authors Paula G. Allen, Paula Gunn Allen
Publisher BEACON PRESS
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 05.10.1999
 
EAN 9780807046418
ISBN 978-0-8070-4641-8
No. of pages 272
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies
Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics

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