Explorations in Navajo poetry and poetics [electronic resource] / Anthony K. Webster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webster, Anthony K., 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navajo poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""This book is about the ways that the how of the story and the what of the story are intertwined.""--from the Introduction

Contents:

Navajo poetry and poetics

Poetic devices in Navajo oral and written poetry

Poetics and politics of Navajo ideophony

Language, language ideology, and Navajo poetry

Performance, the individual, and feelingful iconicity

Narratives of Navajoness and indigenous articulations

Intercultural performances and the dynamics of place

Multiplying glimpses of Navajo poetics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-267) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-63662-X

0-8263-4802-5

OCLC:

817819317