Sovereign stories :

Kirwan, Padraig.

Sovereign stories : aesthetics, autonomy, and contemporary Native American writing / Padraig Kirwan. - 1 online resource (358 pages). - American studies : culture, society and the arts, volume 8 1661-4712 ; . - American studies, culture, society and the arts ; v. 8. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Who's afraid of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn: nationalism and voice in Aurelia -- "Indigenous to the land, an immigrant to the culture": Sherman Alexie and the third space of sovereignty -- "All the talk and all the silence": literary aesthetics and cultural boundaries in David Treuer's Little -- Portrait of the artist: authority, autonomy and authorship in Louise Erdrich's Shadow tag -- Choctalking: the realities of fiction in Leanne Howe's Shell shaker -- "Not a chaotic wake, not an empty space": the future of art, life & criticism in the work of Craig Womack and Greg Sarris.

9783035305265 (e-book)


American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
American literature--History and criticism.--21st century
Politics and literature--History--United States--20th century.
Politics and literature--History--United States--21st century.
Indians of North America--Intellectual life.
Indians in literature.
Sovereignty in literature.
Autonomy in literature.


Electronic books.

PS153.I52 / K57 2013eb

810.9/897