TY - BOOK ID - 80839855 TI - Why Indigenous literatures matter PY - 2018 SN - 9781771121774 1771121777 9781771121781 1771121785 9781771121767 1771121769 PB - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada DB - UniCat KW - Canadian literature KW - American literature KW - Native peoples in literature. KW - Indians in literature. KW - Indians of Central America in literature KW - Indians of Mexico in literature KW - Indians of North America in literature KW - Indians of South America in literature KW - Indians of the West Indies in literature KW - Canadian native peoples in literature KW - Native peoples in drama KW - Native peoples in fiction KW - Native peoples in poetry KW - Aboriginal peoples in literature KW - History and criticism. KW - Native authors KW - Indian authors KW - Aboriginal kinship. KW - Gabrielle Roy Prize. KW - Indigenous activism. KW - NAISA Award. KW - PROSE Award. KW - badger. KW - cherokee authors. KW - cherokee writing. KW - good ancestors. KW - good relations. KW - native twitter. KW - raccoon. KW - resurgence. KW - sovereignty. KW - thorn and thunder. KW - wonderwork. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80839855 AB - Part survey of the field of Indigenous literary studies, part cultural history, and part literary polemic, Why Indigenous Literatures Matter asserts the vital significance of literary expression to the political, creative, and intellectual efforts of Indigenous peoples today. In considering the connections between literature and lived experience, this book contemplates four key questions at the heart of Indigenous kinship traditions: How do we learn to be human? How do we become good relatives? How do we become good ancestors? How do we learn to live together? Blending personal narrative and broader historical and cultural analysis with close readings of key creative and critical texts, Justice argues that Indigenous writers engage with these questions in part to challenge settler-colonial policies and practices that have targeted Indigenous connections to land, history, family, and self. More importantly, Indigenous writers imaginatively engage the many ways that communities and individuals have sought to nurture these relationships and project them into the future. This provocative volume challenges readers to critically consider and rethink their assumptions about Indigenous literature, history, and politics while never forgetting the emotional connections of our shared humanity and the power of story to effect personal and social change. Written with a generalist reader firmly in mind, but addressing issues of interest to specialists in the field, this book welcomes new audiences to Indigenous literary studies while offering more seasoned readers a renewed appreciation for these transformative literary traditions. ER -