Traditional Literatures of the American Indian: Texts and Interpretations

by Karl Kroeber

In American Indian societies, storytelling and speech-making are invested with special significance, crafted to reveal central psychological and social values, tensions, and ambiguities. As Karl Kroeber notes, "It is our scholarship, not Indian storytelling, that is primitive, undeveloped." This book is an essential introduction to the study and appreciation of American Indian oral literatures. The essays, by leading scholars, illuminate the subtle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803227043
• ISBN13: 9780803227040
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.