Voice of the Turtle: American Indian Literature, 1900-1970Paula Gunn Allen "The long centuries of oppression suffered by Native Americans have not been endured entirely in vain, for from them Indian writers created a unique and compelling Native literary tradition. Edited by Paula Gunn Allen, Voice of the Turtle provides an unprecedented, comprehensive overview of Native American narrative literature from its first publication in 1900 through 1970. Long overdue, it is the first book that codifies a canon of Native American experience and literature. The overarching themes of this anthology are transformation and change, which together have always defined not only Native American culture but also its literature. "The process recorded in these pages is not 'evolutionary'," writes Paula Gunn Allen. "it is, rather, an account of how what changes and what endures interact." In forms as varied as oral recitation, autobiography, and fiction, these Native authors explore the sometimes tragic, sometimes comic effects of change on a timeless culture struggling to maintain its most life-sustaining, sacred beliefs. Voice of the Turtle gives readers a profound sense of the multiplicity of Native traditions and their ritual-centered world view. It also provides a new awareness of the richness, depth, and range of Native American literature during a century when Native culture was fighting triumphantly, in the long run - for breath and life." -- |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
A Red Girls Reasoning | 20 |
The War Maiden | 41 |
Copyright | |
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