Postindian Aesthetics: Affirming Indigenous Literary Sovereignty

Postindian Aesthetics is a collection of critical essays on Indigenous writers who are reshaping the literary aesthetic, challenging colonizing stereotypes and offering new perspectives on the contemporary Indigenous experience. The book includes essays by leading scholars and covers a wide range of topics, from working-class and labor politics to queer embodiment and national and tribal narratives. It encourages readers to think beyond the popularized Indigenous literary canon and offers new ways to understand the contemporary Indigenous experience.

Format: Hardback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 03 May 2022
Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Postindian Aesthetics is a groundbreaking collection of critical essays that explore the rich and diverse literary aesthetic of Indigenous writers. This book challenges the dominant colonial narrative and presents a literary canon that celebrates the creativity and resilience of Indigenous cultures. The works featured in this book are innovative and thought-provoking, and the writers covered are visionaries who are redefining the boundaries of Indigenous literary aesthetics. The artists featured include Orlando White, LeAnne Howe, Stephen Graham Jones, Deborah Miranda, Heid E. Erdrich, Sherwin Bitsui, and many others. Postindian Aesthetics is expansive and comprehensive, with essays by many of today's leading Indigenous studies scholars. Organized thematically into four sections, the topics in this book include working-class and labor politics, queer embodiment, national and tribal narratives, and new directions in Indigenous literatures. By urging readers to think beyond the more popularized Indigenous literary canon, the essays in this book open up a new world of possibilities for understanding the contemporary Indigenous experience. The volume showcases thought-provoking scholarship about literature written by important contemporary Indigenous authors who are inspiring critical acclaim and offers new ways to think about the Indigenous literary canon and encourages instructors to broaden the scope of works taught in literature courses more broadly. Contributors: Eric Gary Anderson, Ellen L. Arnold, Debra K. S. Barker, Laura J. Beard, Esther G. Belin, Jeff Berglund, Sherwin Bitsui, Jeremy M. Carnes, Gabriel S. Estrada, Stephanie Fitzgerald, Jane Haladay, Connie A. Jacobs, Daniel Heath Justice, Virginia Kennedy, Denise Low, Molly McGlenn.
Postindian Aesthetics is a groundbreaking collection of critical essays that explore the rich and diverse literary aesthetic of Indigenous writers. This book challenges the dominant colonial narrative and presents a literary canon that celebrates the creativity and resilience of Indigenous cultures. The works featured in this book are innovative and thought-provoking, and the writers covered are visionaries who are redefining the boundaries of Indigenous literary aesthetics. The artists featured include Orlando White, LeAnne Howe, Stephen Graham Jones, Deborah Miranda, Heid E. Erdrich, Sherwin Bitsui, and many others. Postindian Aesthetics is expansive and comprehensive, with essays by many of today's leading Indigenous studies scholars. Organized thematically into four sections, the topics in this book include working-class and labor politics, queer embodiment, national and tribal narratives, and new directions in Indigenous literatures. By urging readers to think beyond the more popularized Indigenous literary canon, the essays in this book open up a new world of possibilities for understanding the contemporary Indigenous experience. The volume showcases thought-provoking scholarship about literature written by important contemporary Indigenous authors who are inspiring critical acclaim and offers new ways to think about the Indigenous literary canon and encourages instructors to broaden the scope of works taught in literature courses more broadly. Contributors: Eric Gary Anderson, Ellen L. Arnold, Debra K. S. Barker, Laura J. Beard, Esther G. Belin, Jeff Berglund, Sherwin Bitsui, Jeremy M. Carnes, Gabriel S. Estrada, Stephanie Fitzgerald, Jane Haladay, Connie A. Jacobs, Daniel Heath Justice, Virginia Kennedy, Denise Low, Molly McGlenn.

Weight: 214g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780816546275