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.