Spiraling Webs of Relation: Movements Toward an Indigenist Criticism / Edition 1

by Joanne DiNova

Overview

This work builds on indigenous theory as evident in the writing of Willie Ermine, Gregory Cajete, Craig Womack, Jace Weaver, Laurie Anne Whitt, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Voila Cordova, Dennis McPherson, and others. It works towards a criticism that, in accordance with the precepts of such theory, is community-oriented. It argues for a examination of literature in terms of its function for (or against) the community, in the expansive sense of the term.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415973380
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/16/2005
Series:	Indigenous Peoples and Politics
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments, Introduction, Academic Cowboys and North American Indians, When "I" Equals More Than "Me": Constructions of (Constructions of) Indigenous Identity, Critical Warriors and "Hang-Around-the-Academy" Indians: Toward an Indigenist Criticism, The Essential Métis: Being Halfbreed, Spirals, Maps, and Poetry: Re-Reading Joy Harjo, Conclusion, Notes, Biography, Index