{"product_id":"deep-waters-9781496207685","title":"Deep Waters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving connections between indigenous modes of oral storytelling, visual depiction, and contemporary American Indian literature, \u003cem\u003eDeep Waters\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates the continuing relationship between traditional and contemporary Native American systems of creative representation and signification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eGreat Plains Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.”—\u003ci\u003eWicazo Sa Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A careful examination of modes of Native American storytelling focusing on links between the oral, graphic, and critical impulses.”—Richard Mace, \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania Literary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Diving into Deep Waters     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Oral Impulse, the Graphic Impulse, and the Critical Impulse: Reframing Signification in American Indian Literary Studies \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. N. Scott Momaday's The Way to Rainy Mountain: Vision, Textuality, and History    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Trickster Leads the Way: A Reading of Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Transforming \"Eventuality\": The Aesthetics of a Tribal \"Word-Collector\" in Ray A. Young Bear's Black Eagle Child and Remnants of the First Earth    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Interpreting Our World: Authority and the Written Word in Robert J. Conley's Real People Series      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Building Ground in American Indian Textual Studies      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks Cited \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409222279511,"sku":"9781496207685","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496207685.jpg?v=1730506014","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deep-waters-9781496207685","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}