Indian Nation - Native American Literature and Nineteenth-Century Nationalisms

"Indian Nation" offers thorough scholarship, good sense, and a clear style. The insightful overviews and fine brief accounts of Pearce, Slotkin, and Rogin are particularly valuable."--Arnold Krupat, Sarah Lawrence College

Info autore

Cheryl Walker

Riassunto

Documents the contributions of Native Americans to the notion of American nationhood and to concepts of American identity at a crucial, defining time in US history. This book examines the rhetoric and writings of nineteenth-century Native Americans, including William Apess, Black Hawk, George Copway, John Rollin Ridge, and Sarah Winnemucca.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cheryl Walker, Walker, Cheryl Walker
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.1997
• EAN: 9780822319504
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1950-4
• Pagine: 280
• Peso: 694 g
• Illustrazioni: 6 b&w photographs
• Serie: New Americanists; New Americanists
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata