Feminist readings of Native American literature
Subtitle: coming to voice
By: Kathleen M. Donovan.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism; Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Canadian literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism; Indians of North America -- Intellectual life; Oral tradition -- North America; Culture conflict in literature; Group identity in literature; Indian women in literature; Indians in literature; Race in literature
Description: With Feminist Readings of Native American Literature, Kathleen Donovan takes an important first step in examining how studies in these two fields inform and influence one another. Focusing on the works of N. Scott Momaday, Joy Harjo, Paula Gunn Allen, and others, Donovan analyzes the texts of these well-known writers, weaving a supporting web of feminist criticism throughout.

Drawing on the related fields of ethnography, ethnopoetics, eco-feminism, and post-colonialism, Feminist Readings of Native American Literature offers the first systematic study of the intersection between two dynamic arenas in literary studies today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-176) and index.
Table of contents: title: Metis women writers : the politics of language and identity; title: Havasupai women's songs : a poetics of subversion; title: "A menace among the words" : women in the novels of N. Scott Momaday; title: Owning Mourning Dove : the dynamics of authenticity; title: Storytelling women : Paula Gunn Allen and Toni Morrison; title: Dark continent/dark woman : Hélène Cixous and Joy Harjo.