Sovereign bones : new Native American writing / edited by Eric Gansworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gansworth, Eric, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.

Indians of North America--Biography.

American literature--Indian authors.

American literature.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 331 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Nation Books, [2007]

Summary:

Sovereign Bones is an exploration of indigenous peoples and how they have managed to maintain separate identities, in spite of their assimilation into the broader American culture. Edited by Eric Gansworth, this collection of original writing will focus on the key role that writers and visual artists have played in the struggle of native peoples to retain their individual identities. In personal essays, memoir, and historical reflections, each writer explores the ways in which they arrived at their work and how they have retained a traditional way of life in that work. Taken as a whole, Sovereign Bones is a testimony to the resilience of indigenous cultures and the integral contribution artists make to that survival. Featured authors include: Marijo Moore, Louise Erdrich, Alex Jacobs, Heid Erdrich, Maurice Kenny, Diane Glancy, Jeanette Weaskus, and Simon Ortiz.

Notes:

"Volume II."

"The companion volume to Genocide of the mind"--Cover.

ISBN:

9781568583570

1568583575

OCLC:

154699352