Native Authenticity
Transnational Perspectives on Native American Literary Studies
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Beschreibung
The issue of Native "authenticity" is hotly debated in studies of indigenous American literatures. The articulation of ethnic identity through the prism of colonialist attempts to confine ethnic groups to essentialized spaces is resisted by some Native writers while others recognize a necessity for essentialist categories as a key strategy in the struggle for social justice. This volume addresses the complexities of the efforts, both literary and scholarly, to negotiate the discursive space opened by the reimagining of indigenous identities. Contributors, from Europe and North America, participate in the scholarly and pedagogical search for an intellectual paradigm for Native American and indigenous literary studies that is apart from yet cognizant with (post)colonial legacies. The essays are focused upon the diverse and sophisticated responses of Native American writers and scholars, while offering comparative perspectives upon Hawaiian, Chicano, and Canadian literatures.
Autor*in
Deborah L Madsen