{"product_id":"early-native-literacies-in-new-england-a-documentary-and-critical-anthology-native-americans-of-the-northeast-9781558496484","title":"Early Native Literacies in New England: A Documentary and Critical Anthology (Native Americans of the Northeast)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesigned as a corrective to colonial literary histories that have excluded Native voices  this anthology brings together a variety of primary texts produced by the Algonquian peoples of New England during the seventeenth  eighteenth  and very early nineteenth centuries. Included among these written materials and objects are letters  signatures  journals  baskets  pictographs  confessions  wills  and petitions  each of which represents a form of authorship. Together they demonstrate the continuing use of traditional forms of memory and communication and the lively engagement of Native peoples with alphabetic literacy during the colonial period. Each primary text is accompanied by an essay that places it in context and explores its significance. Written by leading scholars in the field  these readings draw on recent trends in literary analysis  history  and anthropology to provide an excellent overview of the field of early Native studies. They are also intended to provoke discussion and open avenues for further exploration by students and other interested readers. Above all  the texts and commentaries gathered in this volume provide an opportunity to see Native American literature as a continuity of expression that reflects choices made long before contact and colonization  rather than as a nineteenthor even twentieth-century invention. Contributors include Heidi Bohaker  Heather Bouwman  Joanna Brooks  Kristina Bross  Stephanie Fitzgerald  Sandra Gustafson  Laura Arnold Leibman  Kevin McBride  David Murray  Laura Murray  Jean OBrien  Ann Marie Plane  Philip Round  Jodi Schorb  David Silverman  and Hilary E. Wyss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67598652244021,"sku":"ByrdShop_1558496483","price":30.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781558496484.jpg?v=1790927543","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/early-native-literacies-in-new-england-a-documentary-and-critical-anthology-native-americans-of-the-northeast-9781558496484","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}