1st Edition
The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell The Power of Women in Native American Literature
By Patrice Hollrah
Copyright 2004
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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From warrior women to female deities who control the cycle of life, female characters in Native American literature exhibit a social and spiritual empowerment that is quite different from the average Pocahontas we are used to seeing in mainstream literature. This work argues that a tribal construct of gender relations, where the relationship between male and female roles is complementary rather... Read more
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
Biography
Patrice Hollrah
