The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell: The Power of Women in Native American Literature
Document Type
Monograph
Publication Date
11-12-2003
Publication Title
The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell: The Power of Women in Native American Literature
Publisher
Routledge
Publisher Location
New York
Edition
1
First page number:
1
Last page number:
208
Abstract
The political ramifications of gender complementarity for women in Native American literature result in strong female characters in the works of Zitkala-Sa (Yankton Sioux), Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo), Louise Erdrich (Ojibwe), and Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d’ Alene). These authors create powerful females who live autonomous lives. Considering the tribal constructs of gender relations when examining the female characters helps explain why these women are politically empowered, whereas using a Western theoretical framework, for example, white feminism, will not produce the same kind of reading or explain as well why these female figures are so impressive.
Keywords
Feminism; Feminism and literature; Gender identity in literature; Literature; Native Americans; Native Americans in literature; Sex; Sex role; Women in literature
Disciplines
American Literature | Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Literature in English, North America | Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Hollrah, P. E.
(2003).
The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell: The Power of Women in Native American Literature.
The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell: The Power of Women in Native American Literature
1-208.
New York: Routledge.