{"product_id":"deep-waters-the-textual-continuum-in-american-indian-literature-paperback-softback-9781496207685","title":"Deep Waters; The Textual Continuum in American Indian Literature (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496207685","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDeep Waters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Textual Continuum in American Indian Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher B. Teuton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496207685\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Christopher Teuton's study of four American Indian writers . . . offers a useful model for theorizing the interdependence of oral and written traditions within Indigenous communities.\"—Lindsey Claire Smith, \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Articulating a much-needed change in the way scholars approach Native American literatures, Teuton's thought-provoking study redefines one's sense of the relationship between tradition and modernity and poses significant questions for further research and work in the field.\"—C.L. Sheffield, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Teuton moves elegantly between his tribal background and a multitribal approach that makes a convincing claim for rethinking the role of media in arguments about indigenous literary studies-indeed, in literary studies across the board.”-\u003ci\u003eWicazo Sa Review\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A careful examination of modes of Native American storytelling focusing on links between the oral, graphic, and critical impulses.”-Richard Mace, \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania Literary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWeaving connections between indigenous modes of oral storytelling, visual depiction, and contemporary American Indian literature, \u003ci\u003eDeep Waters\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the continuing relationship between traditional and contemporary Native American systems of creative representation and signification. Christopher B. Teuton begins with a study of Mesoamerican writings, DinÉ sand paintings, and Haudenosaunee wampum belts. He proposes a theory of how and why indigenous oral and graphic means of recording thought are interdependent, their functions and purposes determined by social, political, and cultural contexts.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The center of this book examines four key works of contemporary American Indian literature by N. Scott Momaday, Gerald Vizenor, Ray A. Young Bear, and Robert J. Conley. Through a textually grounded exploration of what Teuton calls the oral impulse, the graphic impulse, and the critical impulse, we see how and why various types of contemporary Native literary production are interrelated and draw from long-standing indigenous methods of creative representation. Teuton breaks down the disabling binary of orality and literacy, offering readers a cogent, historically informed theory of indigenous textuality that allows for deeper readings of Native American cultural and literary expression.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Diving into \u003cu\u003eDeep Waters\u003c\/u\u003e     \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. The Oral Impulse, the Graphic Impulse, and the Critical Impulse: Reframing Signification in American Indian Literary Studies \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. N. Scott Momaday's \u003cu\u003eThe Way to Rainy Mountain\u003c\/u\u003e: Vision, Textuality, and History    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Trickster Leads the Way: A Reading of Gerald Vizenor's \u003cu\u003eBearheart: The Heirship Chronicles\u003c\/u\u003e      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Transforming \"Eventuality\": The Aesthetics of a Tribal \"Word-Collector\" in Ray A. Young Bear's \u003cu\u003eBlack Eagle Child\u003c\/u\u003e and \u003cu\u003eRemnants of the First Earth\u003c\/u\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Interpreting Our World: Authority and the Written Word in Robert J. Conley's Real People Series      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Building Ground in American Indian Textual Studies      \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorks Cited \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599891362072,"sku":"9781496207685","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/deep-waters-the-textual-continuum-in-american-indian-literature-paperback-softback-9781496207685","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}