Artistry in Native American Myths

by Karl Kroeber

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This challenging study analyzes nearly forty superb stories, from mythic narratives predating Columbus to contemporary American Indian fiction, representing every traditional Native American culture area. Developing recent ethnopoetic scholarship and drawing on the critical ideas of Mikhail Bakhtin and Pierre Bourdieu, Karl Kroeber reveals how preconceptions deriving from our hypervisual, print-dominated culture distort our understanding of essential...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0803277857

ISBN13:9780803277854

Release Date:September 1998

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:292 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory Earth-Based Religions Education & Reference Folklore & Mythology History & Criticism Movements & Periods Native American Native American Studies Politics & Social Sciences Social Science

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