Sovereign Stories : Aesthetics, Autonomy, and Contemporary Native American Writing

Kirwan, Padraig

ISBN 10: 3034302037 / ISBN 13: 9783034302036

Editore: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2013

Codice articolo 20777605-n

Riassunto:

Sovereign Stories examines contemporary Native American writers’ engagement with various forms of cultural, political, and artistic sovereignty. The author considers literature’s ability to initiate vital discussions about tribal autonomy in modern America and suggests that innovative literary styles are a compelling articulation of the connection between aesthetic and political concerns. In so doing, he concentrates on fictional and poetic forms, the structure and imagery of which comment on indigenous autonomy, selfdetermination, and artistic activism. Offering original selective analysis of the fiction and poetry of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Sherman Alexie, David Treuer, LeAnne Howe, Louise Erdrich, Greg Sarris, and Craig Womack, this book explores these tribal authors’ concern with intellectual and creative sovereignty and deftly links those interests to the broader cultural and political issues faced by Native American communities today.

Informazioni sull'autore: Padraig Kirwan is Lecturer in the Literature of the Americas at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has published articles in NOVEL, Comparative Literature, the Journal of American Studies, and the American Indian Culture and Research Journal, and is co-editor of the volume Affecting Irishness: Negotiating Cultural Identity Within and Beyond the Nation (2009).

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Titolo: Sovereign Stories : Aesthetics, Autonomy, ...
Casa editrice: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New