So You Want to Write About American Indians?
Subtitle: A Guide for Writers, Students, and Scholars
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: April 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780803282988
Subjects: Writing & editing guides; Research; Language; Composition & Creative Writing - Nonfiction; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Publishing; North America; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Language Arts & Disciplines / Publishing; Composition & Creative Writing - Academic; American - Native American; Art d'âecrire; Authorship; Indians of North America; Methodology
First sentence: Writers must reflect on why they are using Native images and characters in their nonfiction and fiction stories.
Description: "So You Want to Write about American Indians? is the first of its kind - an indispensable guide for anyone interested in writing and publishing a novel, memoir, collection of short stories, history, or ethnography involving the Indigenous peoples of the United States. In clear language illustrated with examples - many from her own experiences - Choctaw scholar and writer Devon Abbott Mihesuah explains the basic steps involved with writing about American Indians."--Jacket.