Studies in American Indian literature : critical essays and course designs / edited by Paula Gunn Allen. [print]

Oral literature -- The sacred hoop : a contemporary perspective Paula Gunn Allen -- Cycles of appreciation Larry Evers -- Teaching American Indian oral literatures -- Personal narrative, autobiography, and intermediate literature -- American Indian autobiography Kathleen Mullen Sands -- Intermediate forms between oral and written literature Elaine Jahner -- Teaching personal narratives and autobiography -- American Indian women's literature -- Transformation of tradition : autobiographical works by American Indian women Gretchen Bataille -- Grandmother Spider's lifeline Susan J. Scarberry -- Ain't seen you since : dissent among female relatives in American Indian women's poetry Patricia Clark Smith -- The feminine landscape of Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony Paula Gunn Allen -- Teaching American Indian women's literature -- Modern and contemporary American Indian literature -- Old traditions and new forms A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff -- Who puts together Linda Hogan -- Bear and elk : the nature(s) of contemporary American Indian poetry Kenneth M. Roemer -- Coyote Ortiz : Canis latrans latrans in the poetry of Simon Ortiz Patricia Clark Smith -- A critical approach to American Indian literature Elaine Jahner -- Introductory courses in American Indian literature -- Survey courses -- The Indian in American literature -- Discovering America : Mary Austin and imagism James Ruppert -- "The white man will never be alone" : the Indian theme in standard American literature courses Joseph M. Backus -- Teaching the Indian in American literature -- Resources -- American Indian literatures : a guide to anthologies, texts, and research A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff.

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