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A forest of time : American Indian ways of history

Title
A forest of time : American Indian ways of history / Peter Nabokov.
Author
Nabokov, Peter.
Publication
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Description
x, 246 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Indians of North America > Folklore
  • Indians of North America > Historiography
  • Tales > North America
  • Oral tradition > North America
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Some dynamics of American Indian historicity -- Within reach of memory: oral traditions, legends, and history -- Almost timeless truths: myth and history -- Commentaries and subversions: memorates, jokes, tales, and history -- Anchoring the past in place: geography and history -- Memories in things: material culture and Indian histories -- Renewing, remembering, and resisting: rituals and history -- Old stories, new ways: writing, power, and Indian histories -- Futures of Indian pasts: prophecy and history.
Call Number
JGE 07-49
ISBN
  • 0521560241 (hardback)
  • 9780521560245 (hardback)
  • 0521568749 (pbk.)
  • 9780521568746 (pbk.)
LCCN
2001025955
OCLC
46660859
Author
Nabokov, Peter.
Title
A forest of time : American Indian ways of history / Peter Nabokov.
Imprint
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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JGE 07-49
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