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We Talk, You Listen: New Tribes, New Turf
Vine Deloria Jr.
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Description for We Talk, You Listen: New Tribes, New Turf
Paperback. Written at a time when the traditions of the formerly omnipotent Anglo-Saxon male were crumbling under the pressures of a changing world, this book interprets racial conflict, inflation, the ecological crisis, and power groups as symptoms rather than causes of the American malaise. Num Pages: 221 pages, Appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
We Talk, You Listen is strong, boldly unconventional medicine from Vine Deloria Jr. (1933–2005), one of the most important voices of twentieth-century Native American affairs. Here the witty and insightful Indian spokesman turns his penetrating vision toward the disintegrating core of American society. Written at a time when the traditions of the formerly omnipotent Anglo-Saxon male were crumbling under the pressures of a changing world, Deloria’s book interprets racial conflict, inflation, the ecological crisis, and power groups as symptoms rather than causes of the American malaise: “The glittering generalities and mythologies of American society no longer satisfy the need and desire ... Read more
We Talk, You Listen is strong, boldly unconventional medicine from Vine Deloria Jr. (1933–2005), one of the most important voices of twentieth-century Native American affairs. Here the witty and insightful Indian spokesman turns his penetrating vision toward the disintegrating core of American society. Written at a time when the traditions of the formerly omnipotent Anglo-Saxon male were crumbling under the pressures of a changing world, Deloria’s book interprets racial conflict, inflation, the ecological crisis, and power groups as symptoms rather than causes of the American malaise: “The glittering generalities and mythologies of American society no longer satisfy the need and desire ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
221
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803259850
SKU
V9780803259850
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About Vine Deloria Jr.
Vine Deloria Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux, 1933–2005) was the author of more than twenty books, including Custer Died for Your Sins, Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties, and God Is Red. Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Muscogee) is a poet, lecturer, curator, columnist for Indian Country Today, policy advocate, and president of the Morning Star Institute, a national Indian rights ... Read more
Reviews for We Talk, You Listen: New Tribes, New Turf
“The reader is always left with a clear picture of where Deloria stands—up front looking White America right in the eye. He does not push and poke the reader; rather, he leads him down a logical analytical road to a major conclusion that he is at liberty to accept or reject. If the book does offer a major theme for ... Read more