Deep Waters: The Textual Continuum in American Indian Literature
Christopher B. Teuton
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Description for Deep Waters: The Textual Continuum in American Indian Literature
hardcover. An examination of the oral, graphic, and critical impulses in Native American creative representation that demonstrates a continued relationship between traditional Native systems of representation with contemporary Native literature Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 466.
Weaving connections between indigenous modes of oral storytelling, visual depiction, and contemporary American Indian literature, Deep Waters demonstrates the continuing relationship between traditional and contemporary Native American systems of creative representation and signification. Christopher B. Teuton begins with a study of Mesoamerican writings, Diné sand paintings, and Haudenosaunee wampum belts. He proposes a theory of how and why indigenous oral and graphic means of recording thought are interdependent, their functions and purposes determined by social, political, and cultural contexts.
The center of this book examines four key works of contemporary American Indian literature by N. Scott Momaday, Gerald ... Read more
Weaving connections between indigenous modes of oral storytelling, visual depiction, and contemporary American Indian literature, Deep Waters demonstrates the continuing relationship between traditional and contemporary Native American systems of creative representation and signification. Christopher B. Teuton begins with a study of Mesoamerican writings, Diné sand paintings, and Haudenosaunee wampum belts. He proposes a theory of how and why indigenous oral and graphic means of recording thought are interdependent, their functions and purposes determined by social, political, and cultural contexts.
The center of this book examines four key works of contemporary American Indian literature by N. Scott Momaday, Gerald ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803228498
SKU
V9780803228498
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About Christopher B. Teuton
Christopher B. Teuton (Cherokee Nation) is a professor of American Indian studies at the University of Washington. He is the author of the American Book Award–winner Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars and the coeditor of Reasoning Together: The Native Critics Collective.
Reviews for Deep Waters: The Textual Continuum in American Indian Literature
"Articulating a much-needed change in the way scholars approach Native American literatures, Teuton's thought-provoking study redefines one's sense of the relationship between tradition and modernity and poses significant questions for further research and work in the field."—C.L. Sheffield, Choice "Christopher Teuton's study of four American Indian writers . . . offers a useful model for theorizing the interdependence of oral ... Read more