The Clown in Native North America
Title | The Clown in Native North America PDF eBook |
Author | Julian Haynes Steward |
Publisher | Dissertations-G |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
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The British Museum Encyclopedia of Native North America
Title | The British Museum Encyclopedia of Native North America PDF eBook |
Author | Rayna Green |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | 228 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780253213396 |
This encyclopedia explores American Indian history from a Native perspective, through alphabetical entries on events, issues, contemporary and historical art, mythology, gender roles, economics, contact between Indians and Europeans, political sovereignty and self-determination, land and environment. Book jacket.
The Trickster Brain
Title | The Trickster Brain PDF eBook |
Author | David Williams |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Total Pages | 316 |
Release | 2012-05-29 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0739143999 |
Until recently, scientific and literary cultures have existed side-by-side but most often in parallel universes, without connection. The Trickster Brain: Neuroscience, Evolution, and Nature by David Williams addresses the premise that humans are a biological species stemming from the long process of evolution, and that we do exhibit a universal human nature, given to us through our genes. From this perspective, literature is shown to be a product of our biological selves. By exploring central ideas in neuroscience, evolutionary biology, linguistics, music, philosophy, ethics, religion, and history, Williams shows that it is the circuitry of the brain’s hard-wired dispositions that continually create similar tales around the world: “archetypal” stories reflecting ancient tensions that arose from our evolutionary past and the very construction of our brains. The book asserts that to truly understand literature, one must look at the biological creature creating it. By using the lens of science to examine literature, we can see how stories reveal universal aspects of the biological mind. The Trickster character is particularly instructive as an archetypal character who embodies a raft of human traits and concerns, for Trickster is often god, devil, musical, sexual, silver tongued, animal, and human at once, treading upon the moral dictates of culture. Williams brings together science and the humanities, demonstrating a critical way of approaching literature that incorporates scientific thought.
Humor in Contemporary Native North American Literature
Title | Humor in Contemporary Native North American Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Eva Gruber |
Publisher | Camden House |
Total Pages | 278 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781571132574 |
Encompassing view of humor in recent Native North American literature, with particular focus on Native self-image and identity. In contrast to the popular cliché of the "stoic Indian," humor has always been important in Native North American cultures. Recent Native literature testifies to the centrality of this tradition. Yet literary criticism has so farlargely neglected these humorous aspects, instead frequently choosing to concentrate on representations of trauma and cultural disruption, at the risk of reducing Native characters and Native cultures to the position of the tragicvictim. This first comprehensive study explores the use of humor in today's Native writing, focusing on a wide variety of texts spanning all genres. It combines concepts from cultural studies and humor studies with approaches byNative thinkers and critics, analyzing the possible effects of humorous forms of representation on the self-image and identity formation of Native individuals and Native cultures. Humor emerges as an indispensable tool for engaging with existing stereotypes: Native writers subvert degrading clichés of "the Indian" from within, reimagining Nativeness in a celebration of laughing survivors, "decolonizing" the minds of both Native and non-native readers, andcontributing to a renewal of Native cultural identity. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of Native Studies both literary and cultural. Due to its encompassing approach, it will also provide a point of entry for the wider readership interested in contemporary Native writing. Eva Gruber is Assistant Professor in the American Studies section of the Department of Literature at the University of Konstanz, Germany.
North American Indian Dances and Rituals
Title | North American Indian Dances and Rituals PDF eBook |
Author | Peter F. Copeland |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 1997-07-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780486299136 |
Color 38 authentic scenes of traditional tribal dances and rituals: Rio Grande Pueblo Deer Dance, Zia clown dancers, Hopi Snake Dance, many others.
The Native North American Almanac
Title | The Native North American Almanac PDF eBook |
Author | Duane Champagne |
Publisher | Detroit : Gale Research |
Total Pages | 1510 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Reference |
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This source covers the civilization and culture of the indigenous peoples of the U.S. and Canada--both historic and contemporary. Included are signed essays, annotated directories, excerpts and biographies. Each chapter contains a subject-specific bibliography, photographs, maps and charts (400 illustrations in all). This 2nd edition also includes a new chapter, "Women and Gender Relations."
Clown Through Mask
Title | Clown Through Mask PDF eBook |
Author | Veronica Coburn |
Publisher | Intellect Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Acting |
ISBN | 9781841505749 |
Richard Pochinko (1946-89) played a pioneering role in North American clown theater through the creation of an original pedagogy synthesizing modern European and indigenous Native American techniques. In Clown Through Mask, Veronica Coburn and onetime Pochinko apprentice Sue Morrison lay out the methodology of the Pochinko style of clowning and offer a bold philosophical framework for its interpretation. Morrison is today a leading teacher of Pochinko's Clown through Mask technique and this book extends significantly the literature on this underdocumented form of theater.