Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-176) and index.
Contents
Metis women writers : the politics of language and identity -- Havasupai women's songs : a poetics of subversion -- "A menace among the words" : women in the novels of N. Scott Momaday -- Owning Mourning Dove : the dynamics of authenticity -- Storytelling women : Paula Gunn Allen and Toni Morrison -- Dark continent/dark woman : Hélène Cixous and Joy Harjo.