Contemporary Native American authors. Louis Owens / [produced by] Communication Services in cooperation with the College of Arts & Sciences, Governors State University.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Owens, Louis, speaker.

Labriola, Tony, director, producer.

Governors State University, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Indian authors.

Owens, Louis.

Genre:

Lectures.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 minutes)

Other Title:

Louis Owens

Place of Publication:

University Park, IL : Governors State University, 1997.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Dr. Owens is of mixed-blood descent (Choctaw/ Cherokee/ Irish/ Welsh/ Cajon) and currently serves as Professor of Literature at the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque). Among his novels is Other Destinies, which is featured in one of the two tests for this course. In addition, he has penned numerous critical essays, articles and texts. Some of the topics covered in this class include the commoditization of Native American identity, the "erotics of desire" and the concept of mixed-blood identity.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed January 7, 2021).

OCLC:

1237666741