'… effectively reminds the reader of the inherently interdisciplinary nature of the field. This volume serves as both a thoughtful survey of the state of the field and a bold pronouncement of where it is headed.' J. J. Donahue, Choice
Introduction What Was Native American Literature? Melanie Benson Taylor; Part I. Traces and Removals (Pre-1870S): 1. Indigenous Language and the Origins of American Literary History Sarah Rivett; 2. Unsettling Colonial Temporalities: Oral Traditions and Indigenous Literature Gesa Mackenthun; 3. Early Native American Literature and Hemispheric Studies Ralph Bauer; 4. Performative Cultures of Early America Laura Mielke; 5. Nineteenth-Century American Indian Newspapers and the Construction of Sovereignty Oliver Scheiding; 6. Indigenous Literacies in Early New England Hilary Wyss; Part II. Assimilation and Modernity (1879-1967): 7. The Multiplicity of Early American Indian Poetry Robert Dale Parker; 8. Native American Literature in the 1930s Benjamin Balthaser; 9. Black-Indian Literature under Jim Crow Keely Byars-Nichols; 10. Transatlantic Modernity and Native Performance Kate Flint; 11. American Indian Literature and Post-Revolutionary Mexico James Cox; 12. I Kū Mau Mau(Standing Together): Native Hawaiian Literary Politics Ku'ualoha Ho'omanawanui; 13. Native Women's Writing and Law Beth Piatote; Part III. Native American Renaissance (Post-1960s): 14. Rethinking the Native American Renaissance: Texts and Contexts A. Robert Lee; 15. Marginally Mainstream: Momaday, Silko, Erdrich, and Alexie Nancy Peterson; 16. Indigenous Lives, Visual Autobiographies Hertha Sweet Wong; 17. Indigenous Writing in Canada Sophie McCall; 18. Reservation Realities and Myths in American Literary History David Treuer; 19. Mapping the Future: Indigenous Feminism Shari Huhndorf; 20. Queer Sovereignty Lisa Tatonetti; 21. Contemporary Indigenous American Poetry Dean Rader; 22. Contemporary Native North American Drama Brigit Däwes; Part IV. Visions and Revisions: 21st Century Prospects: 21st Century Prospects: 23. Native American Horror, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction Eric Gary Anderson; 24. Charting Comparative Indigenous Traditions Chadwick Allen; 25. The Global Correspondence of Native American Literatures Eric Cheyfitz; 26. Indigenizing the Internet Deborah Madsen; 27. Indigenous Futures beyond the Sovereignty Debate Jodi Byrd; 28. Can You See the Indian? Stephen Graham Jones; 29. The Leftovers Paul Chaat Smith.