TY - BOOK ID - 78678596 TI - Shapes of Native nonfiction AU - Washuta, Elissa AU - Warburton, Theresa PY - 2019 SN - 0295745770 9780295745770 9780295745763 0295745762 9780295745756 0295745754 PB - Seattle DB - UniCat KW - American literature KW - Indians of North America KW - Creative nonfiction, American. KW - American creative nonfiction KW - American prose literature KW - Indian literature (American) KW - Indian authors. KW - Indian authors KW - History and criticism. KW - Littérature américaine KW - Indiens d'Amérique KW - Auteurs indiens d'Amérique KW - Histoire et critique. KW - Auteurs indiens d'Amérique. KW - Indigenous people KW - Indigenous people of North America KW - Indigenous peoples KW - LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Native American. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78678596 AB - "For many the phrase "Native nonfiction" inspires thoughts of the past, of timeless oral history transcriptions and dry 19th century autobiographies. In Shapes of Native Nonfiction, Washuta and Warburton explode this perspective by showcasing 22 contemporary Native writers and their provocative approaches to form. While exploring familiar legacies of personal and collective trauma and violence, these writers push, pull and break the conventional essay structure to overhaul the dominant cultural narrative that romanticize Native lives, yet deny Native emotional response. Organized into four sections inspired by different aspects of and strategies for basket weaving (Technique, Coiling, Plaiting, Twining) the essays presented here demonstrate how Native writers manipulate the shape of creative nonfiction to offer incisive observations, critiques and commentary on our political, social and cultural world. The result is an engaging anthology that introduces a variety of audiences to the true range of Native nonfiction work"-- ER -