Decolonizing Poetics of Indigenous Literatures

Mareike Neuhaus, author of the acclaimed book "That's Raven Talk," is an independent scholar specializing in North American Indigenous literature and Canadian literature.

“Allows the reader to engage with Indigenous literatures and see the influence of ancestral languages, to see how Indigenous narrative structures differ from their Western counterparts, to accept the 'sovereignty' of Indigenous literature, and to understand how these literatures contribute to healing the historical trauma that continues to affect Indigenous peoples.”—Canadian Literature “A highly readable academic text that offers insight into language influences, narratology, historical trauma and healing, literary sovereignty, and examples that depart from the norm. Each chapter exists as an individual unit, making them excellent teaching tools concerning this sort of material.”—Saskbooks Reviews

• Acknowledgements Introduction Indigenous Poetics and Holophrastic Reading PART 1: A PRIMER ON HOLOPHRASTIC READING Chapter 1: Indigenous Language and Discourse Traditions: An Introduction Chapter 2: Holophrastic Reading: A Heuristic Chapter 3: Alphabetical List of Critical Terms PART 2: HOLOPHRASTIC READINGS OF INDIGENOUS WRITING Chapter 4: Ancestral Language Influences Chapter 5: Indigenous Narratology Chapter 6: Historical Trauma and Healing Chapter 7: Indigenous Literary Sovereignty Chapter 8: (Radical) Departures of Indigenous Literatures Permissions Acknowledgements Works Cited Index