Forked Tongues: Speech, Writing and Representation in North American Indian Texts

by D. Murray

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" . . . creates a new definition of American Indian literary texts as a self-representational genre. This is an intelligent and insightful application of post-modern critical methods to American Indian texts. The scope of the study is broad and ambitious, and the attempt to define Indian self-representations from colonial times to the present is innovative and instructive." —Raymond J. DeMallie

" . . . very suggestive, provocative, engaging . . . —Studies in American Indian Literatures

" . . . Murray's book establishes itself as the single best introduction to Native American text-making in particular and the betrayals of the translation in general. An essential acquisition for all college and university libraries, and highly recommended for larger public libraries." —Choice

"It is a pleasure to recommend with wholehearted enthusiasm David Murray's Forked Tongues." —Western American Literature

  • ISBN10 0253206502
  • ISBN13 9780253206503
  • Publish Date 22 March 1991 (first published 1 March 1991)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 26 July 2023
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Indiana University Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 188
  • Language English