The political arrays of American Indian literary history / James H. Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--History and criticism.

American literature.

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

Politics and literature--United States--History and criticism.

Politics and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]

Summary:

"The Political Arrays of American Indian Literary History examines canonical writers of Native American literature and nonfiction (Riggs, Rogers, Alexie, Thomas King, Silko, Erdrich, and Momaday), hoping to work against what the author considers a "flattening" of the politics of American Indian literary expression by taking into account the historical and political contexts to which American Indian authors respond, the political positions they take in their writing, and the political perspectives that implicitly or explicitly shape scholarship on their work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Political arrays

Indigenous editing: Gertrude Bonnin, Lee Harkins, and American Indian periodicals

Transnational representations: Mexico and the Cherokee literary politics of John Milton Oskison and Will Rogers

A good day to film: Lynn Riggs, Sherman Alexie, and independent Indigenous cinema

Academic networks: John Joseph Mathews and the politics of Indigenous correspondence

Crimes against indigeneity: the politics of Native American detective fiction

Conclusion: Speculative arrays.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4529-6139-5