Learn, teach, challenge : approaching Indigenous literatures / Deanna Reder and Linda M. Morra, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861-1913.

Contributor:

Reder, Deanna, editor.

Morra, Linda M., editor.

Series:

Indigenous studies series.

Indigenous Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnson, E. Pauline, 1861-1913.

Johnson, E. Pauline.

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

Canadian literature.

Canada--Literary collections.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"E. Pauline Johnson, also known as Tekahionwake, is remarkable as one of a very few early North American Indigenous poets and fiction writers. Most Indigenous writers of her time were men educated for the ministry who published religious, anthropological, autobiographical, political, and historical works, rather than poetry and fiction. More extraordinary still, she became both a canonical poet and a literary celebrity, performing on stage for fifteen years across Canada, in the US, and in London. Johnson is now seen as a central figure in the intellectual history of Canada and the United States, and as an important historical example of Indigenous feminism. This edition collects a diverse range of Johnson's writings on what was then called "the Indian question" and on the question of her own complex Indigenous identity. Six thematic sections gather Johnson's poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, and a rich selection of historical appendices provide context for her public life and her work as a feminist and activist for Indigenous people"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Position

Iskwewak Kah' Ki Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak

"Introduction"

Teaching Aboriginal Literature

"Preface" from Travelling Knowledges

Strategies for Ethical Engagement

A Response to Sam McKegney's "Strategies for Ethical Engagement"

Situating Self, Culture, and Purpose in Indigenous Inquiry

"The lake is the people and life that come to it"

Imagining Beyond images and myths

A Strong Race Opinion

Indian Love Call

"Introduction" and "Marketing the Imaginary Indian"

Postindian Warriors

Postcolonial Ghost Dancing

The Trickster Moment, Cultural Appropriation, and the Liberal Imagination

Myth, Policy, and Health

Imagining beyond Images and Myths

Deliberating Indigenous Literary Approaches

"Editor's Note"

Native Literature

Afterword

Gdi-nweninaa

Responsible and Ethical Criticisms of Indigenous Literatures

Many Communities and the Full Humanity of Indigenous People

Contemporary concerns

Appropriating Guilt

Moving Beyond "Stock Narratives" of Murdered or Missing Indigenous Women

"Go Away, Water!"

Indigenous Storytelling, Truth-Telling, and Community Approaches to Reconciliation

Erotica, Indigenous Style

Doubleweaving Two-Spirit Critiques

Finding Your Voice

From haa-huu-pah to the Decolonization Imperative

Classroom Considerations

The Hunting and Harvesting of Inuit Literature

"Ought We to Teach These?"

Who Is the Text in This Class?

Teaching Indigenous Literature as Testimony

"Betwixt and Between"

A Landless Territory?

Positioning Knowledges, Building Relationships, Practising Self-Reflection, Collaborating across Differences

Works Cited

About the Contributors

Books in the INDIGENOUS Studies Series

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebrary, viewed December 22, 2016).

ISBN:

9781771121873

1771121874

9781771121859

1771121858

OCLC:

964359920