Native American Identity in the Writings of Leslie Marmon Silko
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Native American, Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo tribe, IdentityAbstract
Native American identity is the central theme in the writings of Leslie Marmon Silko. My observations on the Native American identity are concerned mainly with the works of Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko. She makes a distinct and vital contribution to Native American culture and discourse. Across all her works I observe the varying survival strategies that she suggests Native Americans employ to preserve and maintain their cultural and individual identities. In addition, I explore what Native American identity is and why it must survive. The study will also explore some of the narrative strategies of Silko and what she believes will enable, or facilitate Native American survival. It is believed that storytelling is the primary way, perhaps the only way, to preserve and maintain Native.
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Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. United State: Penguin, 1977. Print.
Almanac of the Dead, United State: Penguin, 1991. Print.
Gardens in the Dunes, United State: Penguin, 2000. Print.
Laguna Women: Poems. New York: The Greenfield Review Press, 1974. Print.
Sacred Water: Narratives and Pictures. New York: Flood Plain Press, 1994. Print.
Storyteller. United State: Arcade, 1981. Print.
Love Poem and Slim Canyon. United State: Arcade, 1996. Print.
The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir. New York: The Viking Adult. 2010. Print.
Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today. New York: Simon. 1997. Print.
Lincoln, Kenneth. Native American Renaissance. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. Print.
Peters, Ariane. Living in-Between: The Search for Identity in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony. USA: GRIN Verlag, 2007. Print.
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