"The old lady Trill, the victory yell" : the power of women in Native American literature / / Patrice E.M. Hollrah

• Autore: Hollrah Patrice E. M. <1949->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Routledge, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (195 p.)
• Disciplina: 813.009/352042
• Soggetto topico: American literature - Indian authors - History and criticism; Women and literature - United States; Indian women - Intellectual life; Indian women in literature; Women in literature; Indian women
• Note generali: Formerly CIP.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-189) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: chapter 1 Introduction: “Writing Is Different from Tribe to Tribe” -- chapter 2 “The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell” -- chapter 3 “We Must Be Masters of Our Circumstances” -- chapter 4 “The Men in the Bar Feared Her” -- chapter 5 “Women Are Strong, Strong, Terribly Strong” -- chapter 6 “‘I’m Talking Like a Twentieth-Century Indian Woman’” -- chapter 7 Conclusion: “Indian Women Were and Are Powerful”.
• Sommario/riassunto: Covering the work of four of the 20th century's Native American authors, this text argues that a tribal construct of gender relations, where the relationship between male & female roles is complementary rather that hierarchical, accounts for the existence of empowered female characters in literature.
• Titolo autorizzato: "The old lady trill, the victory yell"
• ISBN: 1-135-93892-X; 1-138-97744-6; 1-135-93893-8; 1-280-01974-3; 0-203-50783-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808637803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Native Americans (Routledge (Firm))