{"product_id":"deep-waters-the-textual-continuum-in-american-indian-literature-hardcover","title":"Deep Waters: The Textual Continuum in American Indian Literature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher B. Teuton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeaving connections between indigenous modes of oral storytelling, visual depiction, and contemporary American Indian literature, \u003ci\u003eDeep Waters\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the continuing relationship between traditional and contemporary Native American systems of creative representation and signification. Christopher B. Teuton begins with a study of Mesoamerican writings, Din  sand paintings, and Haudenosaunee wampum belts. He proposes a theory of how and why indigenous oral and graphic means of recording thought are interdependent, their functions and purposes determined by social, political, and cultural contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The center of this book examines four key works of contemporary American Indian literature by N. Scott Momaday, Gerald Vizenor, Ray A. Young Bear, and Robert J. Conley. Through a textually grounded exploration of what Teuton calls the oral impulse, the graphic impulse, and the critical impulse, we see how and why various types of contemporary Native literary production are interrelated and draw from long-standing indigenous methods of creative representation. Teuton breaks down the disabling binary of orality and literacy, offering readers a cogent, historically informed theory of indigenous textuality that allows for deeper readings of Native American cultural and literary expression. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher B. Teuton\u003c\/b\u003e (Cherokee Nation) is a professor of American Indian studies at the University of Washington. He is the author of the American Book Award-winner \u003ci\u003eCherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eReasoning Together: The Native Critics Collective\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757599129888,"sku":"9780803228498","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/26a18b798ae3cedfb8b1b95bf739f57c.webp?v=1780106202","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/deep-waters-the-textual-continuum-in-american-indian-literature-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}