ISBN: 9780195120370

Loyalty to the community is the highest value in Native American cultures, argues Jace Weaver. In That the People Might Live, he explores a wide range of Native American literature from 1… Mehr…

Loyalty to the community is the highest value in Native American cultures, argues Jace Weaver. In That the People Might Live, he explores a wide range of Native American literature from 1768 to the present, taking this sense of community as both a starting point and a lens.Weaver considers some of the best known Native American writers, such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and Vine Deloria, as well as many others who are receiving critical attention here for the first time. He contends that the single thing that most defines these authors' writings, and makes them deserving of study as a literature separate from the national literature of the United States, is their commitment to Native community and its survival. He terms this commitment "communitism"—a fusion of "community" and "activism." The Native American authors are engaged in an ongoing quest for community and write out of a passionate commitment to it. They write, literally, "that the People might live."Drawing upon the best Native and non-Native scholarship (including the emerging postcolonial discourse), as well as a close reading of the writings themselves, Weaver adds his own provocative insights to help readers to a richer understanding of these too often neglected texts. A scholar of religion, he also sets this literature in the context of Native cultures and religious traditions, and explores the tensions between these traditions and Christianity. New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>Social Sciences>Native Amer Studies>Native Amer Studies, Oxford University Press Core >1 >T<

ISBN: 9780195120370

Loyalty to the community is the highest value in Native American cultures, argues Jace Weaver. In That the People Might Live, he explores a wide range of Native American literature from 1… Mehr…

Loyalty to the community is the highest value in Native American cultures, argues Jace Weaver. In That the People Might Live, he explores a wide range of Native American literature from 1768 to the present, taking this sense of community as both a starting point and a lens. Weaver considers some of the best known Native American writers, such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and Vine Deloria, as well as many others who are receiving critical attention here for the first time. He contends that the single thing that most defines these authors'' writings, and makesthem deserving of study as a literature separate from the national literature of the United States, is their commitment to Native community and its survival. He terms this commitment ""communitism""-a fusion of ""community"" and ""activism."" The Native American authors are engaged in an ongoing questfor community and write out of a passionate commitment to it. They write, literally, ""that the People might live.""Drawing upon the best Native and non-Native scholarship (including the emerging postcolonial discourse), as well as a close reading of the writings themselves, Weaver adds his own provocative insights to help readers to a richer understanding of these too often neglected texts. A scholar ofreligion, he also sets this literature in the context of Native cultures and religious traditions, and explores the tensions between these traditions and Christianity. | That the People Might Live by Jace Weaver Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Social Science > Religion P10102, Jace Weaver<

ISBN: 9780195120370

Loyalty to the community is the highest value in Native American cultures, argues Jace Weaver. In That the People Might Live, he explores a wide range of Native American literature from 1… Mehr…

Loyalty to the community is the highest value in Native American cultures, argues Jace Weaver. In That the People Might Live, he explores a wide range of Native American literature from 1768 to the present, taking this sense of community as both a starting point and a lens. Weaver considers some of the best known Native American writers, such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and Vine Deloria, as well as many others who are receiving critical attention here for the first time. He contends that the single thing that most defines these authors' writings, and makes them deserving of study as a literature separate from the national literature of the United States, is their commitment to Native community and its survival. He terms this commitment "communitism"--a fusion of "community" and "activism." The Native American authors are engaged in an ongoing quest for community and write out of a passionate commitment to it. They write, literally, "that the People might live." Drawing upon the best Native and non-Native scholarship (including the emerging postcolonial discourse), as well as a close reading of the writings themselves, Weaver adds his own provocative insights to help readers to a richer understanding of these too often neglected texts. A scholar of religion, he also sets this literature in the context of Native cultures and religious traditions, and explores the tensions between these traditions and Christianity. Books, [PU: Oxford University Press]<

1999, ISBN: 9780195120370

Oxford University Press, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Revised ed. 264 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-05-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780195120370, 0.82 kg, Verkaufsrang: 58019, … Mehr…

Oxford University Press, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Revised ed. 264 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-05-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9780195120370, 0.82 kg, Verkaufsrang: 58019, Soziologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Studien zu Indianern, Indigene Völker, Ethnographie, Bewegungen & Epochen, Literaturgeschichte & -kritik, Literatur & Fiktion, US-amerikanische Literatur, Regionen & Kulturkreise, Schule & Lernen, Oxford University Press, 1999<