Indians, Environment, and Identity on the Borders of American Literature: From Faulkner and Morrison to Walker and Silko (American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century) PDF
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American Literature Readings in the 21st Century Series Editor: Linda Wagner-Martin American Literature Readings in the 21st Century publishes works by contemporary critics that help shape critical opinion regarding literature of the nineteenth and twentieth century in the United States. Published by Palgrave Macmillan: Freak Shows in Modern American Imagination: Constructing the Damaged Body from Willa Cather to Truman Capote By Thomas Fahy Arab American Literary Fictions, Cultures, and Politics By Steven Salaita Women & Race in Contemporary U.S. Writing: From Faulkner to Morrison By Kelly Lynch Reames American Political Poetry in the 21st Century By Michael Dowdy Science and Technology in the Age of Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, and James: Thinking and Writing Electricity By Sam Halliday F. 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First published in 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN-13: 978–0–230–60541–1 ISBN-10: 0–230–60541–9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Lindsey Claire. Indians, environment, and identity on the borders of American literature : from Faulkner and Morrison to Walker and Silko / Lindsey Claire Smith. p. cm.—(American literature readings in the twenty-fi rst century) ISBN 0–230–60541–9 (alk. paper) 1. American literature—History and criticism. 2. Indians in literature. 3. Intercultural communication in literature. 4. Ecology in literature. 5. Nature in literature. 6. Identity (Psychology) in literature. 7. Group identity in literature. I. Title. PS173.I6S53 2008 810.99352997—dc22 2007047881 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: August 2008 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America. 99778800223300660055441111ttss0011..iinndddd iivv 55//66//22000088 77::0033::1177 PPMM For Jerre Brokaw (Delaware) 1929–1999 Dear friend and inspiration 99778800223300660055441111ttss0011..iinndddd vv 55//66//22000088 77::0033::1177 PPMM This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Cross-Cultural Hybridity in James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans 7 2 Legacy of “Doom” on the Crossroads of William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha 39 3 Indigenous “Rememory”: Cultural Hybridity and the Nature of Resistance in the Novels of Toni Morrison 75 4 Alice Walker’s Eco-“Warriors” 109 5 The Earth Remains: Place and Prophecy in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Almanac of the Dead 145 Notes 179 Works Cited 183 Index 193 99778800223300660055441111ttss0011..iinndddd vviiii 55//66//22000088 77::0033::1177 PPMM This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments I am very grateful to my parents, Dwight and Charlene Smith, and my brother, Benjamin Corbett Smith. I would also like to thank my mentors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gretchen Bataille, Trudier Harris, Linda Wagner-Martin, Valerie Lambert, and Maria DeGuzman. In addition, I am especially indebted to Sandra Hoeflich, associate dean of the Graduate School at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Penny Aldrich, supporter of the Sequoyah Fellowship for American Indian Students/Studies, who made sure that I was supported financially during the time that I was composing this manuscript. Thanks also to my new colleagues at Oklahoma State University for their encouragement. Finally, thanks to my great-grandmother, Eva Clayton, who taught at the Wynnewood School in Indian Territory. Can’t wait to meet you someday. 99778800223300660055441111ttss0011..iinndddd iixx 55//66//22000088 77::0033::1177 PPMM
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