Mediation in Contemporary Native American fiction

by James Ruppert

Book Overview

"Mediation" is the term James Ruppert uses to describe his theory of reading Native American fiction. Focusing on the novels of six major contemporary American writers-N. Scott Momaday, James Welch, Leslie Silko, Gerald Vizenor, D'Arcy McNickle, and Louise Erdrich-Ruppert analyzes the ways these writers draw upon their bicultural heritage, guiding Native and non-Native readers to different and expanded understandings of each other's worlds. While...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080612993X
• ISBN13: 9780806129938
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"