Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women
An anthology of traditional tales, short fiction, and critical writing by Native American women, showing both cultural continuity and contemporary voices.
Work Information
It links tradition and contemporary writing, letting women's stories resonate across generations.
Edited by Paula Gunn Allen, this collection introduces the literary world of Native American women through myths, folktales, and contemporary short fiction.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Published
- 1990-05-12
- Pages
- 288 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13 x 1.65 x 20.32 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780449905081
- ISBN-10
- 9780449905081
- Price
- 4171 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Social Sciences/Specific Demographics/Native American Studies
"Impressive....Haunting....Enchanting...Every story in the book, which covers nearly a century of tradition, is interesting, written with intelligent passion." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Native 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.
Paula Gunn Allen (1939–2008) was a professor of Native American studies/ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the author of Skins and Bones , WYRDS, The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions , and The Woman Who Owned the Shadows .
Reviews
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Excellent Book and Editor
This is a great book, especially because of the introduction and text notes by Paula Gunn Allen which give the cultural context of the stories. The stories are heartbreaking, beautiful and powerful, especially the chapter about warriors.
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Must read if you want to know about Indian culture.
I found out very interesting and educational and an eye opening story into native culture and lifestyle. Loved out loved it
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Enjoyable read
I really enjoyed reading the short stories and was intrigued by the topics that was chosen for anthology. Each story had a meaning and often times they had sad endings. Very much worth the buy.
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Indian heritage
This is a great book. I am interested in reading about Indian women and how they survived during their hard and harsh winter months. Good reading.
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Four Stars
Amazing book. Give a overview of some of America's great Native American writers and their story.