The Native Family Versus the Dominant Culture in "American Horse" by Louise Erdrich
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The Native Family Versus the Dominant Culture
in "American Horse" by Louise Erdrich
The current interest in what has come to be called "multicultural" literature has focused critical attention on defining its most salient characteristic: authoring a text which appeals to at least two different cultural codes. (Wiget 258)
Louise Erdrich says she's an emissary of the between-world. (Bacon) "I have one foot on tribal lands and one foot in middle-class life." Her stories unfold where …
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…Michael, "Two Native American Voices: Interview with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris. Christian Science Monitor, March 02, 1989. http://www.csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/getasciiarchive?tape/89/ulouise. Owens, Louis. Other Destinies: Understanding the American Indian Novel. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. Spillman, Robert. "The Creative Instinct." The Salon Interview. <http://www.salon1999. com/weekly/interview960506.html> (9 July 1997). Wiget, Andrew. "Identity, Voice, and Authority: Artist-Audience Relations in Native American Literature." World Literature Today. Volume: 66. Issue: 2.1992, 258.
…Michael, "Two Native American Voices: Interview with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris. Christian Science Monitor, March 02, 1989. http://www.csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/getasciiarchive?tape/89/ulouise. Owens, Louis. Other Destinies: Understanding the American Indian Novel. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. Spillman, Robert. "The Creative Instinct." The Salon Interview. <http://www.salon1999. com/weekly/interview960506.html> (9 July 1997). Wiget, Andrew. "Identity, Voice, and Authority: Artist-Audience Relations in Native American Literature." World Literature Today. Volume: 66. Issue: 2.1992, 258.
