Inscribing sovereignties : writing community in Native North America / Phillip H. Round.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Round, Phillip H., 1958- author.

Series:

Critical indigeneities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Languages--Writing.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Languages--History.

Indians of North America--Languages--Writing--Political aspects.

Indians of North America--Communication--History--19th century.

Indians of North America--Social life and customs.

Indians of North America--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Before European settlers arrived in North America, more than 300 distinct languages were being spoken among the continent's Indigenous peoples. But the Euro-American emphasis on alphabetic literacy has historically hidden the power and influence of Indigenous verbal and nonverbal language diversity on encounters between Indigenous North Americans and settlers. In this pathbreaking work, Phillip H. Round reveals how Native North Americans sparked a communications revolution in their adaptation and resistance to settlers' modes of speaking and writing. Round especially focuses on communication through inscription-the physical act of making a mark, the tools involved, and the social and cultural processes that render the mark legible. Using methods from history, literary studies, media studies, linguistics, and material culture studies, Round shows how Indigenous graphic practices embodied Native epistemologies while fostering linguistic innovation. Round's broad theory of graphogenesis-creating meaningful inscription-leads to new insights for both the past and present of Indigenous expression in a range of forms. Readers will find powerful new insights into Indigenous languages and linguistic practices, with important implications not just for scholars but for those working to support ongoing Native American self-determination"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Logos and the Indigenous word

Spelling "Indian"

Kahiatónhsera: marking the matters of the good message

Wowapi: inscribing the Oceti Sakowin

Paw-pa-pe-po: they told me that one had invented an alphabet

The sovereign reality of phonemes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469680682

1469680688

9781469680699

1469680696

OCLC:

1429887438