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Loyalty to the community is the highest value in Native American cultures, argues Jace Weaver. In That the People Might Live, he explores a wide range of Native American literature from 1768 to the present, taking this sense of community as both a starting point and a lens.
Weaver considers some of the best known Native American writers, such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Gerald Vizenor, and Vine Deloria, as well as many others who are receiving critical attention here for the first time. He contends that the single thing that most defines these authors' writings, and makes them deserving of study as a literature separate from the national literature of the United States, is their commitment to Native community and its survival.
He terms this commitment "communitism" - a fusion of "community" and "activism." The Native American authors are engaged in an ongoing quest for community and write out of a passionate commitment to it. They write, literally "that the People might live."
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Ethnic identity, Indian authors, Indians of North America, Indian literature, Intellectual life, History and criticism, American literature, Religion, Littérature américaine, Identité collective, Histoire et critique, Indiens, Littérature indienne, Auteurs indiens, Native Americans, Indianer, Missions, Indiens d'Amérique, Mission, American literature, indian authorsPlaces
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That the people might live: Native American literatures and Native American community
1997, Oxford University Press
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0195118529 9780195118520
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-231) and index.
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