Austin lived in and wrote about the parts of California and Nevada that were home to the Northern Paiute, Shoshone, Interior Chumash, and Yokut peoples. Hoyer makes new and provocative connections between Austin and spiritual figures like Wovoka, the prophet of the Ghost Dance religion, and writers like Zitkala-Sa and Mourning Dove, providing an especially fine reading of Cogowea.
Hoyer's personal narratives intertwine beautifully with his analysis and reveal clearly how his exploration of Austin and the Indian mythology is not simply about the past but has contemporary and ongoing significance as well.
Austin lived in and wrote about the parts of California and Nevada that were home to the Northern Paiute, Shoshone, Interior Chumash, and Yokut peoples. Hoyer makes new and provocative connections between Austin and spiritual figures like Wovoka, the prophet of the Ghost Dance religion, and writers like Zitkala-Sa and Mourning Dove, providing an especially fine reading of Cogowea.
Hoyer's personal narratives intertwine beautifully with his analysis and reveal clearly how his exploration of Austin and the Indian mythology is not simply about the past but has contemporary and ongoing significance as well.
Dancing Ghosts: Native American and Christian Syncretism in Mary Austin's Work
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Dancing Ghosts: Native American and Christian Syncretism in Mary Austin's Work
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780874173123 |
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| Publisher: | University of Nevada Press |
| Publication date: | 09/01/1998 |
| Series: | Western Literature Series |
| Pages: | 240 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.80(d) |