Shapes of Native nonfiction : collected essays by contemporary writers

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Label

Shapes of Native nonfiction : collected essays by contemporary writers

Title remainder

collected essays by contemporary writers

Statement of responsibility

edited by Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton

Contributor

• Warburton, Theresa
• Washuta, Elissa

Editor

• Warburton, Theresa
• Washuta, Elissa

Subject

• 2000-2099
• American literature
• American literature -- 21st century
• American literature -- Indian authors
• American literature -- Indian authors
• American literature -- Indian authors | History and criticism
• Creative nonfiction, American
• Creative nonfiction, American
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Indians of North America -- Literary collections
• Indians of North America -- Literary collections

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Literary collections

Language

eng

Summary

"For many the phrase "Native nonfiction" inspires thoughts of the past, of timeless oral history transcriptions and dry 19th century autobiographies. In Shapes of Native Nonfiction, Washuta and Warburton explode this perspective by showcasing 22 contemporary Native writers and their provocative approaches to form. While exploring familiar legacies of personal and collective trauma and violence, these writers push, pull and break the conventional essay structure to overhaul the dominant cultural narrative that romanticize Native lives, yet deny Native emotional response. Organized into four sections inspired by different aspects of and strategies for basket weaving (Technique, Coiling, Plaiting, Twining) the essays presented here demonstrate how Native writers manipulate the shape of creative nonfiction to offer incisive observations, critiques and commentary on our political, social and cultural world. The result is an engaging anthology that introduces a variety of audiences to the true range of Native nonfiction work"--

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

814/.009897

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS508.I5

LC item number

S53 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography