| Learning to Write Indian: The Boarding School Experience and American Indian Literature Contributor(s): Katanski, Amelia V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806138521 ISBN-13: 9780806138527 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $21.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Katanski investigates the impact of the Indian boarding school experience on the American Indian literary tradition through an examination of turn-of-the century student essays and autobiographies as well as contemporary plays, novels, and poetry. This unique volume, with 13 b&w illustrations, looks at writings about the schools as literature, rather than historical evidence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Native American - History | Native American - Education | History |
| Dewey: 810.989 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.22" W x 8.92" (0.87 lbs) 290 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Examines Indian boarding school narratives and their impact on the Native literary tradition from 1879 to the present Indian boarding schools were the lynchpins of a federally sponsored system of forced assimilation. These schools, located off-reservation, took Native children from their families and tribes for years at a time in an effort to "kill" their tribal cultures, languages, and religions. In Learning to Write "Indian," Amelia V. Katanski investigates the impact of the Indian boarding school experience on the American Indian literary tradition through an examination of turn-of-the-century student essays and autobiographies as well as contemporary plays, novels, and poetry. Many recent books have focused on the Indian boarding school experience. Among these Learning to Write "Indian" is unique in that it looks at writings about the schools as literature, rather than as mere historical evidence. |
Contributor Bio(s): Katanski, Amelia V.: - Amelia V. Katanski is Associate Professor of English at Kalamazoo College in Michigan. |