Artistry In Native American Myths

University of Nebraska Press, 1998-09-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

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University of Nebraska Press, 1998-09-01. Paperback. Good.

University of Nebraska Press, 1998-09-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

University of Nebraska Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New. This challenging study analyzes nearly forty superb stories, from mythic narratives predating Columbus to contemporary American Indian fiction, representing every traditional Native American culture area. Developing recent ethnopoetic scholarship and drawing on the critical ideas of Mikhail Bakhtin and Pierre Bourdieu, Karl Kroeber reveals how preconceptions deriving from our hypervisual, print-dominated culture distort our understanding of essential… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. Analyzes nearly 40 stories, from mythic narratives predating Columbus to contemporary American Indian fiction, representing various traditional Native American culture areas. This work reveals how preconceptions deriving from our hypervisual, print-dominated culture distort our understanding of essential functions and forms of oral storytelling.