Description
Book SynopsisWeaving connections between indigenous modes of oral storytelling, visual depiction, and contemporary American Indian literature,
Deep Waters demonstrates the continuing relationship between traditional and contemporary Native American systems of creative representation and signification.
Trade Review"Christopher Teuton's study of four American Indian writers . . . offers a useful model for theorizing the interdependence of oral and written traditions within Indigenous communities."—Lindsey Claire Smith,
Great Plains Quarterly"Articulating a much-needed change in the way scholars approach Native American literatures, Teuton's thought-provoking study redefines one's sense of the relationship between tradition and modernity and poses significant questions for further research and work in the field."—C.L. Sheffield,
Choice“Teuton moves elegantly between his tribal background and a multitribal approach that makes a convincing claim for rethinking the role of media in arguments about indigenous literary studies—indeed, in literary studies across the board.”—
Wicazo Sa Review“A careful examination of modes of Native American storytelling focusing on links between the oral, graphic, and critical impulses.”—Richard Mace,
Pennsylvania Literary JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction: Diving into Deep Waters
1. The Oral Impulse, the Graphic Impulse, and the Critical Impulse: Reframing Signification in American Indian Literary Studies
2. N. Scott Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain: Vision, Textuality, and History
3. Trickster Leads the Way: A Reading of Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles
4. Transforming "Eventuality": The Aesthetics of a Tribal "Word-Collector" in Ray A. Young Bear's Black Eagle Child and Remnants of the First Earth
5. Interpreting Our World: Authority and the Written Word in Robert J. Conley's Real People Series
Epilogue: Building Ground in American Indian Textual Studies
Notes
Works Cited
Index
