{"product_id":"literary-indians-9781469646947","title":"Literary Indians","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough cross-cultural encounter is often considered an economic or political matter, beauty, taste, and artistry were central to cultural exchange and political negotiation in early and nineteenth-century America. Part of a new wave of scholarship in early American studies that contextualizes American writing in Indigenous space, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Indians\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the significance of Indigenous aesthetic practices to American literary production. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCountering the prevailing notion of the literary Indian as a construct of the white American literary imagination, Angela Calcaterra reveals how Native people''s pre-existing and evolving aesthetic practices influenced Anglo-American writing in precise ways. Indigenous aesthetics helped to establish borders and foster alliances that pushed against Anglo-American settlement practices and contributed to the discursive, divided, unfinished aspects of American letters. Focusing on tribal histories and Indigenous artistry, Calcaterra lo","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019895013719,"sku":"9781469646947","price":32.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781469646947.jpg?v=1750781637","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/literary-indians-9781469646947","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}