Bawaajimo : a dialect of dreams in Anishinaabe language and literature / Margaret Noodin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noodin, Margaret.

Series:

American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.)

American Indian Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ojibwa language--Dialects--North America.

Ojibwa language.

Ojibwa language--Folklore.

Ojibwa literature--History and criticism.

Ojibwa literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in Anishinaabe Language and Literature combines literary criticism, sociolinguistics, native studies, and poetics to introduce an Anishinaabe way of reading. Although nationally specific, the book speaks to a broad audience by demonstrating an indigenous literary methodology. Investigating the language itself, its place of origin, its sound and structure, and its current usage provides new critical connections between North American fiction, Native American literatures, and Anishinaabe narrative. The four Anishinaabe authors discussed in the book,

Contents:

Contents; N'digo: Preface; N'miigwechwiwaag: Acknowledgments; Ziibaaskobiige: To Set a Written Net; Chapter 1. Anishinaabemowin: The Anishinaabe Language; Chapter 2. Anishinaabebiige: Anishinaabe Literature; Chapter 3. Gikenmaadizo miinwaa Gikenmaa'aan: Patterns of Identity in the Writing of Louise Erdrich; Chapter 4. Zhaabwii'endam: Conscious Survival in the Writing of Jim Northrup; Chapter 5. Giizhigomaadiziwin: Universal Life in the Writing of Basil Johnston; Chapter 6. Waninawendamowinan: Stirred Thoughts in the Writing of Gerald Vizenor; Chapter 7. Ziiginibiige: Poured Writing

Maziniaganan Gii Gindanaanan: Works CitedNanaandawaabanjigan: Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60917-396-1

OCLC:

873984790