Critical Perspectives on Native American Fiction ed. by Richard F. Fleck

1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-220
Author(s):  
Jayhansford C. Vest
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
American Fiction ◽  
Critical Perspectives

Performing Ri(gh)t(e)s: (W)Riting the Native (In and Out of) Ceremony

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-151
Author(s):  
INÉS HERNÁNDEZ-AVILA
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
American Studies ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Native American Studies ◽  
Las Casas ◽  
Women's Theatre ◽  
The University ◽  
Critical Perspectives ◽  
A Performance

This article considers Native American/indigenous (women's) theatre from the perspective of performing indigeneities/embodied spiritualities, in relation to ceremonial and ‘cotidian’ ri(gh)t(e)s, and the practice of personal and collective autonomy as a ri(gh)t(e). I situate my discussion within particular sites of the performance of indigeneity and the embodiment of spirituality in Chiapas, Mexico, where my research has taken me, within my own work with a performance course I created at the University of California, Davis, and within critical perspectives offered in Native American studies. I also provide some commentary on the two related gatherings that took place at the Centro Hemisférico/FOMMA, in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, August 2008, and the Actions of Transfer: Women's Performance in the Americas conference at UCLA, November 2008. Both events were co-sponsored by the Hemispheric Institute on Performance and Politics of NYU and they were announced on the UCLA website as ‘sister’ events. In August 2008, FOMMA officially became a ‘branch’ centre of the Hemispheric Institute.

Language and Signs: An Interview with Ojibwe Novelist David Treuer

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
PADRAIG KIRWAN
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
The Political ◽  
American Fiction ◽  
Cultural Meaning ◽  
Literary Aesthetic

The publication of David Treuer's (Ojibwe) Native American Fiction: A User's Manual (2006) initiated something of a controversy within Native American Literary Studies. Interpreted as an assault on the political and cultural meaning of tribal fiction, the collection has been critiqued by those who argue that indigenous specificity is reflected by a distinct, and specific, Native American literary aesthetic. In this interview Treuer clarifies his position, explains his dual concern for Ojibwe traditions and tribal fiction, and discusses the genesis of his novels Little (1995), The Hiawatha (1999), and The Translation of Dr Apelles (2007).

Mediation in Contemporary Native American Fiction.

1996 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 658
Author(s):  
Laura J. Murray ◽  
James Ruppert
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
American Fiction
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