The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell: The Power of Women in Native American Literature

ISBN-13: 9781138977440 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 208 str.

Patrice Hollrah;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Writing is Different from Tribe to Tribe: Cultural and Historical Contexts 2. The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell: Why Feminist Theory Does Not Apply to Native American Literature 3. We Must Be Masters of Our Circumstances: Rhetorical Sovereignty in the Life and Works of Zitkala-Sa 4. The Men in the Bar Feared Her: The Power of Ayah in Leslie Marmon Silko's Lullaby 5. Women Are Strong, Strong, Terribly Strong: Female Intellectual Sovereignty in the Works of Louise Erdrich 6. 'I'm Talking Like a [. . .] Twenty-First-Century Woman': Contemporary Female Warriors in the Works of Sherman Alexie 7. Conclusion: Indian Women Were and Are Powerful: Intellectual Sovereignty, and the Strength of Female Warriors

O autorze

Patrice Hollrah