Hollrah The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell

The Power of Women in Native American Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-135-93893-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Native Americans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hollrah, Patrice

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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