The Sacred Hoop
- 311bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
This pioneering work, first published in 1986, documents the continuing vitality of American Indian traditions and the crucial role of women in those traditions.
Paula Gunn Allen Boeken
Paula Gunn Allen was een belangrijke Native American auteur die vrouwelijke en inheemse tradities verkende via haar poëzie en kritiek. Haar werk richtte zich vaak op de kruising van spirituele en culturele identiteiten, puttend uit haar gemengde inheemse en Spaans-Mexicaanse erfgoed. Allen was een pionier op het gebied van Native American studies en lesbische literatuur, en verrijkte het literaire landschap met unieke perspectieven. Haar schrijven dient als een brug tussen traditionele wijsheid en hedendaagse ervaringen.
In this collection of goddess stories gleaned from the vast oral tradition of Native America, the author evokes a world of personal freedom and communal harmony, of free communication among people, animals, and spirits, of magic and its discipline, of balance between the sacred and the mundane.--From publisher description
Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women
- 288bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
"Impressive....Haunting....Enchanting...Every story in the book, which covers nearly a century of tradition, is interesting, written with intelligent passion."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWNative American scholar, literary critic, poet, and novelist Paula Gunn Allen, who is herself a Laguna Pueblo-Sioux Indian, became increasingly aware in her academic career that the writings of Native Americans, especially women, have been marginalized by the Western literary canon. Allen set out to understand why this was so and, more importantly, to remedy the situation. The result is this powerful collection of traditional tales, biographical writings, and contemporary short stories, many by the most accomplished Native American women writing today, Louise Erdrich, Mary TallMountain, Linda Hogan, and many others.
The Woman who Owned the Shadows
- 240bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
Fiction. "An absorbing, often fascinating world is created.not only is it an exploration of racism, it is often a powerful and moving testament to feminism" -The New York Times Book Review.
