H David Brumble

American Indian Autobiography

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"In terms of its range, its sophistication, the insightfulness of its individual analyses--not to say the considerable gracefulness of the writing--Brumble's book is first rate."--Arnold Krupat, Sarah Lawrence College

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9780803217492
• ISBN-10: 0803217498
• Artikelnr.: 23361776

Autorenporträt

H. David Brumble III is a professor of English and religious studies at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of several books, including, most recently, Classical Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Inhaltsangabe

New Introduction
Preface
Introduction
1: Preliterate Traditions of American Indian Autobiography
2: The Preliterate Traditions at Work: White Bull, Two Leggings, and Sarah
Winnemucca
3: Editors, Ghosts, and Amanuenses
4: Don Talayesva and Gregorio: Two Indian Autobiographers and Their Social
Scientists
5: Sam Blowsnake: Adapting Oral Forms to Written Autobiography
6: Albert Hensley: Alternate Versions of the Self
7: Charles Alexander Eastman's Indian Boyhood: Romance, Nostalgia, and
Social Darwinism
8: N. Scott Momaday: Oral to Written Tradition
Concluding Postscript
Appendix: Lévi-Strauss's Unmentioned Sorcerer
Notes
The Autobiographies
Bibliography of Other Sources Cited
Index