The Queerness of Native American Literature

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Gay & Lesbian, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, American
Cover of the book The Queerness of Native American Literature by Lisa Tatonetti, University of Minnesota Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Lisa Tatonetti ISBN: 9781452943275
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Publication: November 30, 2014
Imprint: Univ Of Minnesota Press Language: English
Author: Lisa Tatonetti
ISBN: 9781452943275
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication: November 30, 2014
Imprint: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Language: English

With a new and more inclusive perspective for the growing field of queer Native studies, Lisa Tatonetti provides a genealogy of queer Native writing after Stonewall. Looking across a broad range of literature, Tatonetti offers the first overview and guide to queer Native literature from its rise in the 1970s to the present day.

In The Queerness of Native American Literature, Tatonetti recovers ties between two simultaneous renaissances of the late twentieth century: queer literature and Native American literature. She foregrounds how Indigeneity intervenes within and against dominant interpretations of queer genders and sexualities, recovering unfamiliar texts from the 1970s while presenting fresh, cogent readings of well-known works. In juxtaposing the work of Native authors—including the longtime writer–activist Paula Gunn Allen, the first contemporary queer Native writer Maurice Kenny, the poet Janice Gould, the novelist Louise Erdrich, and the filmmakers Sherman Alexie, Thomas Bezucha, and Jorge Manuel Manzano—with the work of queer studies scholars, Tatonetti proposes resourceful interventions in foundational concepts in queer studies while also charting new directions for queer Native studies.

Throughout, she argues that queerness has been central to Native American literature for decades, showing how queer Native literature and Two-Spirit critiques challenge understandings of both Indigeneity and sexuality.

With a new and more inclusive perspective for the growing field of queer Native studies, Lisa Tatonetti provides a genealogy of queer Native writing after Stonewall. Looking across a broad range of literature, Tatonetti offers the first overview and guide to queer Native literature from its rise in the 1970s to the present day.

In The Queerness of Native American Literature, Tatonetti recovers ties between two simultaneous renaissances of the late twentieth century: queer literature and Native American literature. She foregrounds how Indigeneity intervenes within and against dominant interpretations of queer genders and sexualities, recovering unfamiliar texts from the 1970s while presenting fresh, cogent readings of well-known works. In juxtaposing the work of Native authors—including the longtime writer–activist Paula Gunn Allen, the first contemporary queer Native writer Maurice Kenny, the poet Janice Gould, the novelist Louise Erdrich, and the filmmakers Sherman Alexie, Thomas Bezucha, and Jorge Manuel Manzano—with the work of queer studies scholars, Tatonetti proposes resourceful interventions in foundational concepts in queer studies while also charting new directions for queer Native studies.

Throughout, she argues that queerness has been central to Native American literature for decades, showing how queer Native literature and Two-Spirit critiques challenge understandings of both Indigeneity and sexuality.

More books from University of Minnesota Press

Cover of the book The Imperial University by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Miles Lord by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Games of Empire by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Only the Dead by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Humanitarian Violence by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book The Reorder of Things by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Feminine Endings by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Ready for Air by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Living on Campus by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Béla Tarr, the Time After by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Ten Theses for an Aesthetics of Politics by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Bar Yarns and Manic-Depressive Mixtapes by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book We'll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Curse of a Winter Moon by Lisa Tatonetti
Cover of the book Electric Animal by Lisa Tatonetti
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy