Early Native Literacies in New England - A Documentary and Critical Anthology (Paperback)

Designed as a corrective to colonial literary histories that have excluded Native voices, this anthology brings together a variety of primary texts produced by the Algonquian peoples of New England during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and very early nineteenth centuries. Included among these written materials and objects are letters, signatures, journals, baskets, pictographs, confessions, wills, and petitions, each of which represents a form of authorship. Together they demonstrate the continuing use of traditional forms of memory and communication and the lively engagement of Native peoples with alphabetic literacy during the colonial period.Each primary text is accompanied by an essay that places it in context and explores its significance. Written by leading scholars in the field, these readings draw on recent trends in literary analysis, history, and anthropology to provide an excellent overview of the field of early Native studies. They are also intended to provoke discussion and open avenues for further exploration by students and other interested readers. Above all, the texts and commentaries gathered in this volume provide an opportunity to see Native American literature as a continuity of expression that reflects choices made long before contact and colonization, rather than as a nineteenth- or even twentieth-century invention.

General

Imprint:	University of Massachusetts Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary
Release date:	May 2008
First published:	July 2008
Editors:	Kristina Bross • Hilary E. Wyss
Contributors:	Heidi Bohaker • Heather Bouwman • Joanna Brooks • Kristina Bross • Stephanie Fitzgerald • Sandra Gustafson • Laura Arnold Leibman • Kevin McBride
Dimensions:	231 x 158 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-55849-648-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
LSN:	1-55849-648-3
Barcode:	9781558496484

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