Spider Woman's Granddaughters

Native American scholar, literary critic, poet, and novelist Paula Gunn Allen, who is herself a Laguna Pueblo-Sioux Indian, became increasingly aware in her academic career that the writings of Native Americans, especially women, have been marginalized by the Western literary canon. Allen set out to understand why this was so and, more importantly, to remedy the situation. The result is this powerful collection of traditional tales, biographical writings, and contemporary short stories, many by the most accomplished Native American women writing today, including: Louise Erdrich, Mary TallMountain, Linda Hogan, and many others.

First sentence: Americans have been raised on tales of brave warriors who are sometimes portrayed as noble victims of white depredation, but more often as blood-thirsty savages howling down in vengeance upon helpless white settlers.

Year

1989

Language

English

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Editions

5

Pages

288

ISBN

9780449905081

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