03327nam 2200697 450 991078207610332120230421045120.00-19-774140-10-585-18274-40-19-534421-91-280-47048-81-60256-653-4(CKB)1000000000521268(EBL)241317(OCoLC)559886312(SSID)ssj0000257738(PQKBManifestationID)11193235(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257738(PQKBWorkID)10246754(PQKB)10658246(Au-PeEL)EBL4702867(CaPaEBR)ebr11273741(CaONFJC)MIL47048(OCoLC)935226964(MiAaPQ)EBC4702867(EXLCZ)99100000000052126820161012h19971997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThat the people might live Native American literatures and Native American community /Jace WeaverNew York, New York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1997.©19971 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512037-X 0-19-511852-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Chapter One: Native American Literatures and Communitism; Chapter Two: Occom's Razor and Ridge's Masquerade (18th-19th Century); Chapter Three: Assimilation, Apocalypticism, and Reform (1900-1967); Chapter Four: Indian Literary Renaissance and the Continuing Search for Community (1968- ); Conclusion: Anger Times Imagination; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; ZLoyalty to the community is the highest value in Native American cultures, argues Jace Weaver. In That the People Might Live, he explores a wide range of Native American literature from 1768 to the present, taking this sense of community as both a starting point and a lens. Weaver considers some of the best known Native American writers, such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and Vine Deloria, as well as many others who are receiving critical attention here for the first time. He contends that the single thing that most defines these authors' writings, and makes them deserving of study aIndian literatureUnited StatesHistory and criticismAmerican literatureIndian authorsHistory and criticismIndians of North AmericaIntellectual lifeIndians of North AmericaReligionIndians of North AmericaEthnic identityIndian literatureHistory and criticism.American literatureIndian authorsHistory and criticism.Indians of North AmericaIntellectual life.Indians of North AmericaReligion.Indians of North AmericaEthnic identity.810.9/897Weaver Jace1957-1514942MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782076103321That the people might live3750420UNINA