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Wordarrows: Native States of Literary Sovereignty
Gerald Vizenor
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Description for Wordarrows: Native States of Literary Sovereignty
Paperback. Offers compelling glimpses of modern Native American life and the different ways that Native Americans and whites interact, fight, and resolve their conflicts. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
With wry humor and imaginative acuity, noted writer Gerald Vizenor offers compelling glimpses of modern Native American life and the different ways that Native Americans and whites interact, fight, and resolve their conflicts. The elusive borderland between white and Native American cultures is further complicated by exchanges of money, services, language, and skills that make up what Vizenor calls the “new fur trade.” When Native Americans resist dominance, they fight back incisively and creatively with humor in the strategic word wars of survivance over victimry. Vizenor illuminates the troubling encounters and distant reaches of this modernist fur trade through his creative ... Read more
With wry humor and imaginative acuity, noted writer Gerald Vizenor offers compelling glimpses of modern Native American life and the different ways that Native Americans and whites interact, fight, and resolve their conflicts. The elusive borderland between white and Native American cultures is further complicated by exchanges of money, services, language, and skills that make up what Vizenor calls the “new fur trade.” When Native Americans resist dominance, they fight back incisively and creatively with humor in the strategic word wars of survivance over victimry. Vizenor illuminates the troubling encounters and distant reaches of this modernist fur trade through his creative ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
164
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803296299
SKU
V9780803296299
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About Gerald Vizenor
Gerald Vizenor is a professor of American Studies and Native American literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Fugitive Poses: Native American Indian Scenes of Absence and Presence and Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance, both published by the University of Nebraska Press.
Reviews for Wordarrows: Native States of Literary Sovereignty
“Wordarrows is a milestone in the campaign to make traditional native culture a relevant part of modern life. It represents one man’s attempt to be both meaningful and honest in using his tribal past.”—Antioch Review “Penetrating and thoughtful, this book has value for the student of the psyche of the contemporary American Indian.”—Choice