The Chippewa Landscape of Louise ErdrichAllan Richard Chavkin University of Alabama Press, 1999 - 213 Seiten This collection of essays focuses on Erdrich's writings rooted in the Chippewa experience. The contributors investigate narrative structure, signs of ethnicity, the notions of luck and chance, her use of metaphors, her efforts to counter stereotypes of American Indian women, and her use of comedy. |
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... women as stereotypes , usu- ally as a " good Indian ” or a “ bad Indian . ” In both of these instances , the woman is subordinate to and dependent upon " her man . ” In contrast to Euro - Americans , however , American Indians regarded ...
... women as stereotypes , usu- ally as a " good Indian ” or a “ bad Indian . ” In both of these instances , the woman is subordinate to and dependent upon " her man . ” In contrast to Euro - Americans , however , American Indians regarded ...
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... women are defined by their relationship to men and are not seen as powerful in their own right . However , as Paula Gunn Allen demonstrates in Sacred Hoop , and as early chronicles from American history show , Native American women were ...
... women are defined by their relationship to men and are not seen as powerful in their own right . However , as Paula Gunn Allen demonstrates in Sacred Hoop , and as early chronicles from American history show , Native American women were ...
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... women's roles and status is of major importance to her . She says : " We are taught to present a demure face to the world and yet there is a kind of wild energy behind it in many women that is a transforma- tional energy , and not only ...
... women's roles and status is of major importance to her . She says : " We are taught to present a demure face to the world and yet there is a kind of wild energy behind it in many women that is a transforma- tional energy , and not only ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
Narrative and Ethos in Erdrichs | 4 |
Against All Odds | 8 |
Urheberrecht | |
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1984 Love Medicine American Indian Literatures American Literature Anishinabe Argus Bakhtin Beet Queen Bingo Palace Burning Love carnival carnivalesque casino chance chapter Chippewa comic critics culture daughter Dot's Erdrich and Michael Erdrich's fiction Erdrich's Love Medicine Erdrich's novels ethnic sign Euro-American Fleur future gambling Gerald Vizenor Gerry Gordie Gordie's grotesque heart heritage hunter hunting Indi'n Humor Jack Jacklight John Purdy June Karl Kashpaw land Lipsha Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich's Love Louise Erdrich's Tracks luck Lulu Lulu's Lyman Marie's metaphor Michael Dorris mother Nanapush Nancy Feyl Chavkin narrative narrator Nector North Dakota Ojibwe oral Paula Gunn Allen Pauline Pillager play postmodern Rainwater reader reading reservation resurrected Rushes Bear scene sense sexual Shawnee Ray Sister Leopolda Sita snare storytelling tion traditional transformation tribal tribe trickster vision quest Wedge of Shade Wild Geese women writers Zelda