Author: Kimberly G. Wieser Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press ISBN: 0806161450 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 325
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For thousands of years, American Indian cultures have recorded their truths in the narratives and metaphors of oral tradition. Stories, languages, and artifacts, such as glyphs and drawings, all carry Indigenous knowledge, directly contributing to American Indian rhetorical structures that have proven resistant—and sometimes antithetical—to Western academic discourse. It is this tradition that Kimberly G. Wieser seeks to restore in Back to the Blanket, as she explores the rich possibilities that Native notions of relatedness offer for understanding American Indian knowledge, arguments, and perspectives. Back to the Blanket analyzes a wide array of American Indian rhetorical traditions, then applies them in close readings of writings, speeches, and other forms of communication by historical and present-day figures. Wieser turns this pathbreaking approach to modes of thinking found in the oratory of eighteenth-century Mohegan and Presbyterian cleric Samson Occom, visual communication in Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko’s Almanac of the Dead, patterns of honesty and manipulation in the speeches of former president George W. Bush, and rhetorics and relationships in the communication of Indigenous leaders such as Ada-gal’kala, Tsi’yugûnsi’ni, and Inoli. Exploring the multimodal rhetorics—oral, written, material, visual, embodied, kinesthetic—that create meaning in historical discourse, Wieser argues for the rediscovery and practice of traditional Native modes of communication—a modern-day “going back to the blanket,” or returning to Native practices. Her work shows how these Indigenous insights might be applied in models of education for Native American students, in Native American communities more broadly, and in transcultural communication, negotiation, debate, and decision making.
Author: Bob Dalton Publisher: ISBN: 9780578724584 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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This beautifully illustrated book includes simple rhymes that teaches children that we are all more similar than different from one another; that everyone is someone.
Author: Arthur Miller Publisher: Courier Dover Publications ISBN: 0486805131 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 68
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Soft and warm, Jane's blanket had always been there to comfort her, and she couldn't imagine drifting off to sleep without it. But with the passage of time, Jane grew bigger and bigger and her beloved pink blanket got smaller and smaller. This tender tale of how Jane learned to do without her blanket is a story that children and adults will be happy to share. In his only work for children, the author of Death of a Salesman offers a different kind of story. Arthur Miller's heartwarming tale of a child's growth and maturity is accompanied by charming images by Al Parker, a prominent illustrator and founder of the Famous Artists School.
Author: Irena Kobald Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0544432282 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 37
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When a little girl nicknamed "Cartwheel" moves to a different country with her family to be safe she has a hard time adjusting to her new home.
Author: Noelle Carter Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780590444668 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 10
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A kitten's search for her fuzzy blanket introduces young readers to a variety of household objects, from a cooking pot in the kitchen to a sock in a dresser drawer, and how they feel. On board pages.
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Blankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creative voice. Craig Thompson's poignant graphic memoir plays out against the backdrop of a Midwestern winterscape: finely-hewn linework draws together a portrait of small town life, a rigorously fundamentalist Christian childhood, and a lonely, emotionally mixed-up adolescence. Under an engulfing blanket of snow, Craig and Raina fall in love at winter church camp, revealing to one another their struggles with faith and their dreams of escape. Over time though, their personal demons resurface and their relationship falls apart. It's a universal story, and Thompson's vibrant brushstrokes and unique page designs make the familiar heartbreaking all over again. This groundbreaking graphic novel, winner of two Eisner and three Harvey Awards, is an eloquent portrait of adolescent yearning; first love (and first heartache); faith in crisis; and the process of moving beyond all of that. Beautifully rendered in pen and ink, Thompson has created a love story that lasts.
Author: William S. Lyon Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393317350 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 426
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Designed for ease of use with maps, a detailed subject index, an extensive bibliography, and cross references, this book is sure to fascinate anyone interested in Native American culture and heritage.
Author: Kimberly G. Wieser
Author: Bob Dalton
Author: Arthur Miller
Author: Irena Kobald
Author: Noelle Carter
Author: Craig Thompson
Author: Harold Tichenor
Author: Eliza Thomas
Author: Richard O'Rawe
Author: William S. Lyon