Inventing the American Primitive: Politics, Gender and the Representation of Native American Literary Traditions, 1789-1936

by Helen Carr

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American mainstream culture has always been fascinated with the notion of the primitive, particularly as embodied by Native Americans. In Inventing the American Primitive, Helen Carr illustrates how responses to the existence of Native American traditions have shaped ideas of American identity and American literature.
Inventing the American Primitive examines a body of work, both literary and anthropological, that describes, inscribes, translates...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814715494

ISBN13:9780814715499

Release Date:July 1996

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:286 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Americas Criticism & Theory Customs & Traditions Education & Reference History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Movements & Periods Native American Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences

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