Notes from a Miner's Canary: Essays on the State of Native America - Tapa blanda

Weaver, Jace

 
9780826348746: Notes from a Miner's Canary: Essays on the State of Native America
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ISBN 10: 0826348742 ISBN 13: 9780826348746
Editorial: University of New Mexico Press, 2010

Sinopsis

The title of this lively collection of Jace Weaver's essays comes from Felix Cohen, the great authority on American Indian law: 'The Indian plays much the same role in our American society that the Jews played in Germany. Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poisonous gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, marks the rise and fall of our democratic faith.' But the book goes far beyond the subject of law. The wide range of cultural references shows why the author is considered a leader in the field of Native American Studies. Beginning with a survey of the state of Native American Studies and ending with an assessment of literary theory, he also tackles environmentalism and environmental justice, NAGPRA, war tribunals, pilgrimage and migration, ethnography, food, architecture, ghost stories, identity, theory, and a few other lively subjects, including a splendid tribute to the towering significance of N. Scott Momaday.

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Acerca del autor

Jace Weaver is professor of religion and director of the Institute of Native American Studies, University of Georgia. He is also the author of That the People Might Live: Native American Literatures and Native American Community. Craig Womack is associate professor of English at the University of Oklahoma and author of Drowning in Fire and Red on Red: Native American Literary Separatism. Robert Warrior is professor of Native American Studies and English at the University of Oklahoma and author of Tribal Secrets: Recovering American Indian Intellectual Traditions.

De la contraportada

A leading scholar takes on a variety of contemporary issues as they relate to Native Americans.

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Editorial
University of New Mexico Press
Año de publicación
2010
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0826348742
ISBN 13 
9780826348746
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
384
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