Leslie Marmon Silko: Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead, Gardens in the Dunes by Davi

Description: Leslie Marmon Silko by David L. Moore A major American writer at the turn of this millennium, Leslie Marmon Silko has also been one of the most powerful voices in the flowering of Native American literature since the publication of her 1977 novel Ceremony. With chapters written by leading scholars of Native American literature, this guide explores Silkos major novels Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead and Gardens in the Dunes as an entryway into the full body of her work that includes poetry, essays, short fiction, film, photography, and other visual artwork.In addition to placing Silko in the broad context of American literary history, the book serves to contextualize her pivotal role in unleashing the vast flood of other Native American, aboriginal, and Indigenous writers who have entered the conversations she helped to launch. Along the way, the book examines her tackling of such historical themes as land, ethnicity, race, gender, trauma, and healing, as well as her narrative forms and her mythic lyricism. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography David L. Moore is Professor in the Department of English at the University of Montana, USA. He is the author of That Dream Shall Have a Name: Native Americans Rewriting America (2013). Table of Contents IntroductionPart I: CeremonyIntroduction1. Intra-tribal Conversations2. Inter-tribal Conversations3. American and Global ConversationsPart II: Almanac of the DeadIntroduction4. Traditional Conversations5. Contemporary Conversations6. Revisionary ConversationsPart III: Gardens in the DunesIntroduction7. Ancient Conversations8. Domestic Conversations9. Global ConversationsFurther ReadingNotes on ContributorsIndex Promotional Leading scholars explore the major works of Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko and its contexts in Native American and international literary history. Long Description A major American writer at the turn of this millennium, Leslie Marmon Silko has also been one of the most powerful voices in the flowering of Native American literature since the publication of her 1977 novel Ceremony . With chapters written by leading scholars of Native American literature, this guide explores Silkos major novels Ceremony , Almanac of the Dead and Gardens in the Dunes as an entryway into the full body of her work that includes poetry, essays, short fiction, film, photography, and other visual artwork.. .In addition to placing Silko in the broad context of American literary history, the book serves to contextualize her pivotal role in unleashing the vast flood of other Native American, aboriginal, and Indigenous writers who have entered the conversations she helped to launch. Along the way, the book examines her tackling of such historical themes as land, ethnicity, race, gender, trauma, and healing, as well as her narrative forms and her mythic lyricism. Review Quote This sterling collection of essays on Silkos three novels builds on and extends the extensive Silko scholarship in multiple dimensions and to ambitious depth. Divided into three sections-one for each of the novels-the nine essays, taken together, reveal and explore themes that run throughout. Moore provides effective introductions to the collection as a whole and to each of the sections. As he explains in the opening introduction, the conceit running throughout is the twin notions of "witness and testimony," secondary to Silkos project "to reveal the mythic dimensions of modern history and the historical momentum of ancient myth." The collection provides a complex theoretical web that speaks to "outside" audiences of resistance and representation. Within this overarching theme, the collection explores implications of gender, race, ethnicity, cultural practices and world views, spiritual dimensions of reality, the structure and performance of stories and storytelling-and so much more. This is a powerful book. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Promotional "Headline" Leading scholars explore the major works of Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko and its contexts in Native American and international literary history. Feature Covers such key themes as race, gender and history and Native American literary theory Details ISBN1472524519 Short Title LESLIE MARMON SILKO Language English ISBN-10 1472524519 ISBN-13 9781472524515 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2016 Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Subtitle Ceremony, Almanac of the Dead, Gardens in the Dunes Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Series Bloomsbury Studies in Contemporary North American Fiction DOI CBID181770 Edited by David L. Moore DEWEY 813.54 Publication Date 2016-09-22 Pages 264 Illustrations black & white illustrations Affiliation University of Montana, USA UK Release Date 2016-09-22 NZ Release Date 2016-09-22 Author David L. 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