{"product_id":"new-native-american-drama-three-plays-paperback","title":"New Native American Drama: Three Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHanay Geiogamah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Huntsman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first collection of plays by an Indian playwright presents a spectrum of Indian life that ranges in time from the past to the present and on into the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBody Indian, \u003c\/em\u003ethe earliest, most widely performed, and most highly acclaimed of Geiogamah's plays, deals with a problem of the present -Indian alcoholism. But the play is not so much about alcoholism as it is about the social and moral obligations that Indian people owe to one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFoghorn, \u003c\/em\u003ethrough the use of humor rather than bitterness, tries to exorcise the harmful stereotyping that often stands in the way of non-Indians' understanding of Indians, and even on occasion of Indians' own appreciation of themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the play \u003cem\u003e49\u003c\/em\u003e the author links the past with the present and points a road to the future. Here the approach is synchronic rather than diachronic. The value of Indian traditions is emphasized -but only where those traditions are used imaginatively and not treated as ossified relics to be blindly venerated. \u003cem\u003e49\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the continuity of Indian life in the vigor of new forms and with an abiding optimism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of plays-all widely performed and seriously and extensively reviewed-adds a new and important voice to the small body of Indian authors who write about their own people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8.28 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131103940743,"sku":"9780806116976","price":39.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/01d481bcbbe693a1963c473ab8395d01.webp?v=1732616365","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/new-native-american-drama-three-plays-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}