In North America, the Indigenous literature we know today reaches back thousands of years to when the continent's original inhabitants first circled fires and shared tales of emergence and creation, journey and quest, heroism and trickery. Sean Teuton tells the story of Indigenous literature, f...

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Main Author:	Teuton, Sean Kicummah 1966- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Oxford] Oxford University Press 2018
Series:	Very short introductions
Subjects:	Geschichte Indian literature / United States / History and criticism Indianer Literatur USA Einführung
Online Access:	BSB01 Very short introductions
Summary:	In North America, the Indigenous literature we know today reaches back thousands of years to when the continent's original inhabitants first circled fires and shared tales of emergence and creation, journey and quest, heroism and trickery. Sean Teuton tells the story of Indigenous literature, from the time when oral narrative inspired the first Indigenous writers in English, through later writers' appropriation of genres to serve the creative and political needs of the times. In this lucid narrative he leads readers into the Indigenous worlds from which the literatures grows, where views about land and society and the role of humanity in the cosmos continue to enliven western understanding. In setting Indigenous literature in historical moments he elucidates its various purposes, from its ancient role in bringing rain or healing the body, to its later service in resisting European invasion and colonization
Item Description:	Previously issued in print: 2018. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource Illustrationen
ISBN:	9780190231392
DOI:	10.1093/actrade/9780199944521.001.0001