{"product_id":"spider-womans-granddaughters-traditional-tales-and-contemporary-writing-by-native-american-women-paperback","title":"Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaula Gunn Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Impressive....Haunting....Enchanting...Every story in the book, which covers nearly a century of tradition, is interesting, written with intelligent passion.\"\u003cbr\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003cbr\u003eNative 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpressive....Haunting....Enchanting...Every story in the book, which covers nearly a century of tradition, is interesting, written with intelligent passion.\u003cbr\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003cbr\u003eNative 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula Gunn Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (1939-2008) was a professor of Native American studies\/ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the author of \u003ci\u003eSkins and Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWYRDS, The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Owned the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.03 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763210354976,"sku":"9780449905081","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9d77de12ff0c2cd67dbd894a5bbd7a1c.webp?v=1780229846","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/spider-womans-granddaughters-traditional-tales-and-contemporary-writing-by-native-american-women-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}