Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony A Casebook

Name: Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony A Casebook
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ISBN: 9780195142846

ISBN-10: 0195142845

ISBN-13: 9780195142846

Edition: 2002

Authors: Allan Chavkin

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Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, the most important novel of the Native American Renaissance, is among the most most widely taught and studied novels in higher education today. In it, Silko recounts a young man's search for consolation in his tribe's history and traditions, and his resulting voyage of self-discovery and discovery of the world. The fourteen essays in this casebook include a variety of theoretical approaches and provide the reader with crucial information, especially on Native American beliefs, that will enhance their understanding and appreciation of this contemporary classic. The collection also includes two interviews with Silko in which she explains the importance of the…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/28/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 8.11" wide x 5.39" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction



Animals and Theme in Ceremony



Circular Design in Ceremony



An Act of Attention: Event Structure in Ceremony



Blue Medicine



The Transformation: Tayo's Genealogy in Ceremony



Forms of Biculturalism in Southwestern Literature: The Work of Rudolfo Anaya and Leslie Marmon Silko



Special Problems in Teaching Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony



"The Very Essence of Our Lives": Leslie Silko's Webs of Identity



The Semiotics of Dwelling in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony



The Function of the Landscape of Ceremony



No Boundaries, Only Transitions: Ceremony



Contested Ground: Nature, Narrative, and Native American Identity in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony



Leslie Marmon Silko



Silko's Arroyos as Mainstream: Processes and Implications of Canonical Identity



Leslie Marmon Silko



Of Apricots, Orchids, and Wovoka: An Interview with Leslie Marmon Silko



Selected Bibliography