| Fugitive Poses: Native American Indian Scenes of Absence and Presence Revised Edition Contributor(s): Vizenor, Gerald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803296223 ISBN-13: 9780803296220 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: Native peoples today are best known through their fugitive poses: textual and graphic depictions steeped in a modernist aesthetic of romantic victimry, tragedy, and nostalgia. In "Fugitive Poses" Gerald Vizenor argues that such representations celebrate the absence rather than the presence of the Native. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Native American |
| Dewey: 810.989 |
| LCCN: 97018262 |
| Series: Abraham Lincoln Lecture |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.65 lbs) 239 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Native peoples today are best known through their fugitive poses: textual and graphic depictions steeped in a modernist aesthetic of romantic victimry, tragedy, and nostalgia. In Fugitive Poses Gerald Vizenor argues that such representations celebrate the absence rather than the presence of the Native. Gerald Vizenor is a professor of American studies and Native American literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Griever: An American Monkey King in China, winner of the American Book Award. |