Recovering Native American Writings in the Boarding School Press - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496219596ISBN-10:1496219597UPC:9781496219596Book Category:Literary Collections, Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Ethnic Studies, AmericanBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.18Product ID:SCS3VP30NF
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Winner of the Ray & Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection Recovering Native American Writings in the Boarding School Press is the first comprehensive collection of writings by students and well-known Native American authors who published in boarding school newspapers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Students used their acquired literacy in English along with more concrete tools that the boarding schools made available, such as printing technology, to create identities for themselves as editors and writers. In these roles they sought to challenge Native American stereotypes and share issues of importance to their communities. Writings by Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa), Charles Alexander Eastman, and Luther Standing Bear are paired with the works of lesser-known writers to reveal parallels and points of contrast between students and generations. Drawing works primarily from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Pennsylvania), the Hampton Institute (Virginia), and the Seneca Indian School (Oklahoma), Jacqueline Emery illustrates how the boarding school presses were used for numerous and competing purposes. While some student writings appear to reflect the assimilationist agenda, others provide more critical perspectives on the schools' agendas and the dominant culture. This collection of Native-authored letters, editorials, essays, short fiction, and retold tales published in boarding school newspapers illuminates the boarding school legacy and how it has shaped Native American literary production.
Winner of the Ray & Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection Recovering Native American Writings in the Boarding School Press is the first comprehensive collection of writings by students and well-known Native American authors who published in boarding school newspapers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Students used their acquired literacy in English along with more concrete tools that the boarding schools made available, such as printing technology, to create identities for themselves as editors and writers. In these roles they sought to challenge Native American stereotypes and share issues of importance to their communities. Writings by Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa), Charles Alexander Eastman, and Luther Standing Bear are paired with the works of lesser-known writers to reveal parallels and points of contrast between students and generations. Drawing works primarily from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Pennsylvania), the Hampton Institute (Virginia), and the Seneca Indian School (Oklahoma), Jacqueline Emery illustrates how the boarding school presses were used for numerous and competing purposes. While some student writings appear to reflect the assimilationist agenda, others provide more critical perspectives on the schools' agendas and the dominant culture. This collection of Native-authored letters, editorials, essays, short fiction, and retold tales published in boarding school newspapers illuminates the boarding school legacy and how it has shaped Native American literary production.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496219596ISBN-10:1496219597UPC:9781496219596Book Category:Literary Collections, Social Science, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, Ethnic Studies, AmericanBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.82 inchesWeight:1.18Product ID:SCS3VP30NF
Jacqueline Emery is an associate professor of English at State University of New York at Old Westbury.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
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