{"product_id":"indigenous-textual-cultures-9781478009764","title":"Indigenous Textual Cultures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eIndigenous Textual Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e examined the ways in which indigenous peoples created textual cultures to navigate, shape, and contest empire, colonialism, and modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eIndigenous Textual Cultures \u003c\/i\u003eis a cohesive, well-edited collection of twelve articles written by an international community of experts in indigenous cultures and colonialism. . . . These scholars bring a fresh approach that focuses on using original-language indigenous sources and interpreting this array of materials within their proper cultural contexts.” -- Julie K. Tanaka * RBM *\u003cbr\u003e“Research that draws on decolonizing methodologies remains urgent and necessary. This powerful, eloquent collection of new essays sets innovative agendas for this research.” -- Gillian Whitlock * Australian Historical Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“Each chapter offers well-written, engaging, and thoughtful illustrations and analyses. . . . [\u003ci\u003eIndigenous Textual Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e] is an important contribution to the role of communication in the vicious and devastating struggles between colonial structures and Indigenous communities.” -- David Troolin * Pacific Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e“There is great value in this collection for historians of the American West. . . . Each chapter brings much needed nuance to our understanding of Indigenous responses to colonialism and forced assimilation.” -- Justin Gage * Western Historical Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\"The wide variety of topics covered and the discussion of so many different Indigenous textual cultures have helped create a collection that is an extremely important resource. In particular, this book will appeal to researchers from a range of disciplines, such as cultural studies, postcolonial studies, linguistics and Indigenous studies and, more specifically, to anyone who is interested in transcultural concepts. The coverage of various theoretical and methodological approaches as well as the Indigenous perspectives voiced are very impressive, sound and innovative.\" -- Hanne Birk * Journal of New Zealand \u0026amp; Pacific Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Indigenous Textual Cultures, the Politics of Difference, and the Dynamism of Practice \/ Tony Ballantyne and Lachy Paterson  1\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Archives and Debates\u003cbr\u003e 1. Ka Waihona Palapala Māneleo: Research in a Time of Plenty. Colonialism and the Hawaiian-Language Archives \/ Noelani Arista  31\u003cbr\u003e 2. Kanak Writings and Written Tradition in the Archive of New Caledonia's 1917 War \/ Alban Bensa and Adrian Muckle  60\u003cbr\u003e 3. Māori Lteracy Practices in Colonial New Zealand \/ Lachy Paterson  80\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Orality and Texts\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"Don't Destroy the Writing\": Time-and Space-Based Communication and the Colonial Strategy of Mimicry in Nineteenth-Century Salish-Missionary Relations on Canada's Pacific Coast \/ Keith Thor Carlson\u003cbr\u003e 5. Talking Traditions: Orality, Ecology, and Spirituality in Mangaia's Textual Culture \/ Michael P. J. Reilly  131\u003cbr\u003e 6. Polynesian Family Manuscripts (Puta Tuana) from the Society and Austral Islands: Interior History, Formal Logic, and Social Uses \/ Bruno Saura  154\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Readers\u003cbr\u003e 7. Print Media, the Swahili Language, and Textual Cultures in Twentieth-Century Tanzania, ca. 1923–1939 \/ Emma Hunter  175\u003cbr\u003e 8. Going Off Script: Aboriginal Rejection and Repurposing of English Literacies \/ Laura Radmaker  195\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"Read It, Don't Smoke It!\": Developing and Maintaining Literacy in Papua New Guinea \/ Evelyn Ellerman  216\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Writers\u003cbr\u003e 10. Colonial Copyright, Customs, and Indigenous Textualities: Literary Authority and Textual Citizenship \/ Isabel Hofmeyr  245\u003cbr\u003e 11. He Pukapuka Tataku i ngā Mahi a Te Rauparaha Nui: Reading Te Rauparaha through Time \/ Arini Loader  263\u003cbr\u003e 12. Writing and Beyond in Indigenous North America: The Occom Network \/ Ivy Schweitzer  289\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  315\u003cbr\u003e Contributors  345\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408985923927,"sku":"9781478009764","price":112.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478009764.jpg?v=1730504975","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/indigenous-textual-cultures-9781478009764","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}