The Chippewa landscape of Louise Erdrich

Author(s)

• Chavkin, Allan Richard
• Ruoff, A. LaVonne Brown

Bibliographic Information

The Chippewa landscape of Louise Erdrich

edited by Allan Chavkin ; afterword by A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff

University of Alabama Press, c1999

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-199) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This collection of essays focuses on Erdrich's writings rooted in the Chippewa experience. The contributors investigate narrative structure, signs of ethnicity, the notions of luck and chance, her use of metaphors, her efforts to counter stereotypes of American Indian women, and her use of comedy.

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Details

• NCID: BA60887652
• ISBN:
  • 0817309551
• LCCN: 98058015
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Tuscaloosa
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 213 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS3555.R42
  • DC21 : 813/.54
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Erdrich, Louise -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Indians in literature
  • LCSH : Ojibwa Indians