Native American verbal art : texts and contexts / William M. Clements.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clements, William M., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian literature--Translating--North America--History and criticism.

Indian literature.

Indians of North America--Languages--Translating.

Indians of North America--Languages.

North America.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Languages--Texts.

Genre:

Texts.

Physical Description:

viii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [1996]

Summary:

'Native American Verbal Art: Texts and Contexts deals seriously with a wide range and sweep of materials, utilizing both a historical and a literary approach, drawing on a variety of disciplines, including folklore and anthropology, and focuses the whole endeavor onto a clearer understanding of Native American verbal art. It is the only study of its kind, and it extends the range of Native American studies.' - Brian Swann, The Cooper Union, New York.

Contents:

"Identity" and "difference" in the textualization of Zuni verbal art

Situations and performances

"Not so stupid as they may have been painted": the Jesuits and Native Canadian verbal art

"A sort of loose poetry": Henry Timberlake's Cherokee war song

"Tokens of literary faculty": texts and contexts in the early nineteenth century

"All we could expect from untutored savages": schoolcraft as textmaker

"The true presentiments of the Indian mind": linguistic texts as data sources

Natalie Curtis in Hopiland

The anthology as museum of verbal art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-241) and index.

ISBN:

0816516596

0816516588

OCLC:

34517614