Louise Erdrich: Tracks, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, The Plague of Doves (Bloomsbury Studies in Contemporary North American Fiction)

Leading scholars critically explore three leading novels by Louise Erdrich, one of the most important and popular Native American writers working today. Louise Erdrich has shaped the possibilities for Native American, women's and popular fiction in the United States during the late twentieth century. Louise Erdrich collects new essays by noted scholars of Native American Literature on three important novels that chart the trajectory of Erdrich's novelistic career, "Tracks (1988)," "The Last Report on the Miracles At Little No Horse (2001)" and "The Plague of Doves (2007)". This book illuminates Erdrich's multiperspectival representation of Native American culture and history. Focusing on such topics as humor, religion, ethnicity, gender, race, sexuality, trauma, history, and narrative form, the essays collected here offer fresh readings of Erdrich's explorations of Native American identities through her innovative fictions. This series offers up-to-date guides to the recent work of major contemporary North American authors. Written by leading scholars in the field, each book presents a range of original interpretations of three key texts published since 1990, showing how the same novel may be interpreted in a number of different ways. These informative, accessible volumes will appeal to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, facilitating discussion and supporting close analysis of the most important contemporary American and Canadian fiction. Collection Of Essays By Scholars Of Native American Literature On Three Important Novels That Chart The Trajectory Of Erdrich's Novelistic Career. Contributors Illuminate Erdrich's Multiperspectival Representation Of Native American Culture And History. Focusing On Such Topics As Humor, Religion, Ethnicity, Gender, Race, Sexuality, Trauma, History, And Narrative Form, The Essays Collected Here Offer Fresh Readings Of Erdrich's Explorations Of Native American Identities Through Her Fictions. --from Publisher Description. 1. Louise Erdrich The Aesthetics Of Mino Bimaadiziwin / Deborah L. Madsen -- Pt. I : Tracks. 2. A Bowen Family Systems Reading Of Tracks / Allan Chavkin And Nancy Feyl Chavkin -- 3. I Knew There Never Was Another Martyr Like Me : Pauline Puyat, Historical Trauma And Tracks / Connie A. Jacobs -- 4. To Become A Bureaucrat Myself : History And Law In Tracks / David Stirrup -- Pt. Ii : The Last Report On The Miracles At Little No Horse. 5. Power And Authority In The Realms Of Racial And Gender Politics : Postcolonial And Critical Race Theory In The Last Report On The Miracles At Little No Horse / Mark Shackleton -- 6. We Speak Of Everything : Indigenous Traditions In The Last Report On The Miracles At Little No Horse / P. Jane Hafen -- 7. Love And The Slippery Slope Of Sexual Orientation : L/g/b/t/q Etc. Sensibility In The Last Report On The Miracles At Little No Horse / Patrice Hollrah -- Pt. Iii : The Plague Of Doves. 8. It All Does Come To Nothing In The End : Nationalism And Gender In Louise Erdrich's The Plague Of Doves / Gina Valentino -- 9. So, A Priest Walks Into A Reservation Tragicomedy : Humor In The Plague Of Doves / John Gamber -- 10. Haunted By Birds : An Eco-critical View Of Personhood In Louise Erdrich's The Plague Of Doves / Catherine Rainwater. Edited By Deborah L. Madsen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [171]-184) And Index. Louise Erdrich has shaped the possibilities for Native American, women's and popular fiction in the United States during the late twentieth century. Louise Erdrich collects new essays by noted scholars of Native American Literature on three important novels that chart the trajectory of Erdrich's novelistic career, Tracks (1988), The Last Report on the Miracles At Little No Horse (2001) and The Plague of Doves (2007). The book illuminates Erdrich's multiperspectival representation of Native American culture and history. Focusing on such topics as humor, religion, ethnicity, gender, race, sexuality, trauma, history, and narrative form, the essays collected here offer fresh readings of Erdrich's explorations of Native American identities through her innovative fictions. Explores three novels by Louise Erdrich, one of the important and popular Native American writers. This book illuminates Erdrich's multiperspectival representation of Native American culture and history. It focuses on such topics as humor, religion, ethnicity, gender, race, sexuality, trauma, history, and narrative form.