Captured in the middle : tradition and experience in contemporary Native American writing

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Captured in the middle : tradition and experience in contemporary Native American writing

Title remainder

tradition and experience in contemporary Native American writing

Statement of responsibility

Sidner Larson

Creator

• Larson, Sidner J., 1949-

Subject

• 1900 - 1999
• American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
• American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
• American literature -- Indian authors | History and criticism | Theory, etc
• American literature -- Indian authors | History and criticism | Theory, etc
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Experience in literature
• Experience in literature
• Expérience dans la littérature
• Geschichte 1900-2000
• Group identity in literature
• Group identity in literature
• Group identity in literature
• Identité collective -- Dans la littérature
• Identité collective dans la littérature
• Indianer
• Indians in literature
• Indians in literature
• Indians in literature
• Indians of North America -- Intellectual life
• Indians of North America -- Intellectual life
• Indians of North America -- Intellectual life
• Indiens -- Amérique du Nord -- Vie intellectuelle
• Indiens -- Dans la littérature
• Indiens d'Amérique -- États-Unis -- Vie intellectuelle
• Indiens d'Amérique dans la littérature
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
• Literatur
• Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique | Théorie, etc
• Littérature américaine -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique | Théorie, etc
• Littérature américaine -- Auteurs indiens d'Amérique | Histoire et critique | Théorie, etc
• Littérature américaine -- Auteurs indiens | Histoire et critique | Théorie, etc
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies | Native American Studies
• Schriftsteller
• USA

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

Annotation.

Member of

• McLellan Bks
• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

810.9/897

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Language note

English

LC call number

PS153.I52

LC item number

L37 2000eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

McLellan Bks

Summary expansion

Sidner Larson's Captured in the Middle embodies the very nature of Indian storytelling, which is circular, drawing upon the personal experiences of the narrator at every turn, to argue that contemporary Native American literary criticism is stalled. On one hand are the scholars who portray Indians stereotypically, assuming that the experiences of all tribal groups have largely been the same. On the other hand are those scholars who focus on the "authenticity" of the writer. In contrast, Larson considers the scholarship of Vine Deloria, Jr., who has a genuine understanding of the balance required in dealing with these issues. Two writers who have successfully redescribed many of the contemporary romantic stereotypes are James Welch and Louise Erdrich, both northern Plains Indians whose works are markedly different, their writing highlighting the disparate ways tribal groups have responded to colonization. Larson describes Indians today as postapocalyptic peoples who have already lived through the worst imaginable suffering. By confronting the issues of fear, suppression, and lost identity through literature, Indians may finally move forward to imagine and create for themselves a better future, serving as models for the similarly fractured cultures found throughout the world today