{"product_id":"the-routledge-introduction-to-native-american-literature-paperback","title":"The Routledge Introduction to Native American Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDrew Lopenzina\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/i\u003emakes available for both student, instructor, and affcianado a refined set of tools for decolonizing our approaches prior to entering the unfamiliar landscape of Native American literatures. This book will introduce indigenous perspectives and traditions as articulated by indigenous authors whose voices have been a vital, if often overlooked, component of the American dialogue for more than 400 years. Paramount to this consideration of Native-centered reading is the understanding that literature was not something bestowed upon Native peoples by the settler culture, either through benevolent interventions or violent programs of forced assimilation. Native literature precedes colonization, and Native stories and traditions have their roots in both the precolonized and the decolonizing worlds. As this far-reaching survey of Native literary contributions will demostrate, almost without fail, when indigenous writers elected to enter into the world of western \u003ci\u003eletters\u003c\/i\u003e, they did so with the intention of maintaining indigenous culture and community. Writing was and always remains a strategy for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDrew Lopenzina\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor at Old Dominion University and teaches in the intersections of Early American and Native American literatures. His 2017 book, \u003ci\u003eThrough an Indian's Looking Glass\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Massachusetts Press), is a cultural biography of nineteenth-century Pequot activist and minister William Apess. Lopenzina is also the author of \u003ci\u003eRed Ink: Native Americans Picking up the Pen in the Colonial Period \u003c\/i\u003e(SUNY Press 2012).\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe journal\u003ci\u003e American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e has called \u003ci\u003eRed Ink\u003c\/i\u003e an impressively thorough and often compelling study that extends the bounds and enriches our understanding of Native American Literary history. Lopenzina's essays appear in the journals \u003ci\u003eEarly American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNative American and Indigenous Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStudies in American Indian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003e and others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127551987847,"sku":"9781138630246","price":89.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d043e3bc4740642fab065c2c91e9d553.webp?v=1732589304","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-routledge-introduction-to-native-american-literature-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}