"The old lady trill, the victory yell" : the power of women in Native American literature / Patrice E.M. Hollrah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollrah, Patrice E. M., 1949-

Series:

Native Americans--interdisciplinary perspectives.

Native Americans--interdisciplinary perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Indian authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Indian authors.

Women and literature--United States.

Women and literature.

Indian women in literature.

Women in literature.

Indian women.

United States.

Physical Description:

195 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: "Writing Is Different from Tribe to Tribe": Historical and Cultural Contexts 1

Chapter 2 "The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell": Why Feminist Theory Does Not Apply to Native American Literature 17

Chapter 3 "We Must Be Masters of Our Circumstances": Rhetorical Sovereignty as Political Resistance in the Life and Works of Zitkala-Sa 27

Chapter 4 "The Men in the Bar Feared Her": The Power of Ayah in Leslie Marmon Silko's "Lullaby" 53

Chapter 5 "Women Are Strong, Strong, Terribly Strong": Female Intellectual Sovereignty in the Works of Louise Erdrich 89

Chapter 6 "'I'm Talking Like a Twentieth-Century Indian Woman'": Contemporary Female Warriors in the Works of Sherman Alexie 133

Chapter 7 Conclusion: "Indian Women Were and Are Powerful": Intellectual Sovereignty and the Strength of Female Warriors 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-189) and index.

ISBN:

0415946972

OCLC:

52166006