The red land to the south : American Indian writers and indigenous Mexico / James H. Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, James H. (James Howard), 1968-

Series:

Indigenous Americas.

Indigenous Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American literature.

Indians in literature.

Mexico--In literature.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 275 p.) : ill., map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The forty years of American Indian literature between 1920 and 1960 have been called politically and intellectually moribund. On the contrary, this book identifies a group of American Indian writers who share an interest in the revolutionary potential of the indigenous peoples of Mexico - and whose work demonstrates a surprisingly assertive literary politics in the era. By contextualising this group of American Indian authors in the work of their contemporaries, this book reveals how the literary history of this period is far more rich and nuanced than is generally acknowledged.

Contents:

Introduction: American Indian literature and indigenous Mexico

Dreadful armies: indigenistas and other criminals in Todd Downing's detective novels

Indian territory: Lynn Riggs' indigenous geographies

"Mexico is an Indian country": American Indian diplomacy in native nonfiction and Todd Downing's The Mexican earth

The red land of the south: indigenous kinship in D'Arcy McNickle's Runner in the sun

The return to Mexico: Gerald Vizenor and Leslie Marmon Silko at the quincentennial

Conclusion: Revolutions before the renaissance.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4767-8

0-8166-8270-4

OCLC:

816041289