Wiindigoo Sovereignty and Native Transmotion in Gerald Vizenor's Bearheart

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

English

Publication Date

Fall 2011

Abstract

In the study of American Indian literatures, the rise of criticism focused on literary nationalism, with its emphasis on tribal-specific approaches to literary study, the sovereignty of Native nations, and claims to tribal homelands, would seem to herald the displacement of Gerald Vizenor’s work from a central position in the American Indian literary canon. Indeed, Vizenor has been criticized for failing to address or for actively subverting in his creative work and criticism these issues of primary concern to literary nationalists.

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This article was originally published in Studies in American Indian Literatures. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Journal

Studies in American Indian Literatures

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Copyright © 2011 University of Nebraska Press

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