Leslie Marmon Silko : Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead, Gardens in the Dunes / edited by David L. Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moore, David L., 1951- editor.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in contemporary North American fiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948---Criticism and interpretation.

Silko, Leslie Marmon.

Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 256 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Summary:

A major American writer at the turn of this millennium, Leslie Marmon Silko has also been one of the most powerful voices in the flowering of Native American literature since, the publication of her 1977 novel Ceremony. This guide, with chapters written by leading scholars of Native American literature, explores Silko's major novels Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead, and Gardens in the Dunes as an entryway into the full body of her work that includes poetry, essays, short fiction, film, photography, and other visual art. These chapters map Silko's place in the broad context of American literary history. Further, they trace her pivotal role in prompting other Indigenous writers to enter the conversations she helped to launch. Along the way, the book engages her historical themes of land, ethnicity, race, gender, trauma, annealing, while examining her narrative craft and her mythic lyricism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Ceremony: "Accept this offering": Introduction to Part One / David L. Moore Moore, David L. 29

1 Healing the "Man of Monstrous Dreams": Indian Masculinities in Silko's Ceremony / Kimberly Gail Wieser Wieser, Kimberly Gail 35

2 "Branched into All Directions of Time": Pluralism, Physics, and Compassion in Silko's Ceremony / Mascha N. Gemein Gemein, Mascha N. 57

3 The Lost Women of Silko's Ceremony / Carolyn Dekker Dekker, Carolyn 79

Part II Almanac of the Dead: "Indian Country": Introduction to Part Two / David L. Moore Moore, David L. 99

4 Indigenous Economic Critique in Silko's Almanac of the Dead and Gaspar de Alba's Desert Blood: Against a Philosophy of Separation / Penelope M. Kelsey Kelsey, Penelope M. 105

5 Silko, Freud, and the Voicing of Disavowed Histories in Almanac of the Dead / Deborah L. Madsen Madsen, Deborah L. 133

6 Seeing Double: Twins and Time in Silko's Almanac of the Dead / Beth H. Piatote Piatote, Beth H. 153

Part III Gardens in the Dunes: "Old Snake's Beautiful Daughter": Introduction to Part Three / David L. Moore Moore, David L. 169

7 World of Water, World of Sand: Teaching Silko's Gardens in the Dunes and Sullivan's Star Waka / Becca Gercken Gercken, Becca 177

8 EuroAmerica, Europe, and the Indigenous: The Complex (and Complicating) Dialectics of Silko's Jamesian Turn / Lincoln Faller Faller, Lincoln 191

9 "Sand Lizard Warned Her Children to Share": Philosophies of Gardening and Exchange in Silko's Gardens in the Dunes / Rebecca Tillett Tillett, Rebecca 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1472523660

9781472523662 :

9781472524515

1472524519

OCLC:

908262373