1st Edition
Politics and Aesthetics in Contemporary Native American Literature Across Every Border
By Matthew Herman
Copyright 2010
154 Pages
by
Routledge
154 Pages
by
Routledge
154 Pages
by
Routledge
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Over the last twenty years, Native American literary studies has taken a sharp political turn. In this book, Matthew Herman provides the historical framework for this shift and examines the key moments in the movement away from cultural analyses toward more politically inflected and motivated perspectives. He highlights such notable cases as the prevailing readings of the popular within Native... Read more
Introduction. 1. "In the Living Margin": Cosmopolitanism, Internationalism, and Native American Literature" 2. Native American Literature at the Political Turn: The Emergence of Literary Nationalism 3. Politics, Style, and the Silko-Erdrich Controversy, Reappraised 4. Sherman Alexie and the Politics of Literary Value 5. From Navajo Silverwork to Iron Maiden: The Changing Status of Culture in Contemporary Native American Literature and Richard Van Camp’s The Lesser Blessed
Biography
Matthew D. Herman is Assistant Professor of Native American Studies at Montana State University.
