Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony A Casebook [Paperback]

Leslie Marmon Silko'sCeremony, the most important novel of the Native American Renaissance, is among the most most widely taught and studied novels in higher education today. In it, Silko recounts a young man's search for consolation in his tribe's history and traditions, and his resulting voyage of self-discovery and discovery of the world. The fourteen essays in this casebook include a variety of theoretical approaches and provide readers with crucial information, especially on Native American beliefs, that will enhance their understanding and appreciation of this contemporary classic. The collection also includes two interviews with Silko in which she explains the importance of the oral tradition and storytelling, along with autobiographical basis of the novel.

1. Introduction
2. Animals and Theme inCeremony,Peter G. Beidler
3. Circular Design inCeremony,Robert C. Bell
4. An Act of Attention: Event Structure inCeremony,Elaine Jahner
5. Blue Medicine,Kenneth Lincoln
6. The Transformation: Tayo's Genealogy inCeremony,John Purdy
7. Forms of Biculturalism in Southwestern Literature: The Work of Rudolfo Anaya and Leslie Marmon Silko,Reed Way Dasenbrock
8. Special Problems in Teaching Leslie Marmon Silko'sCeremony,Paula Gunn Allen
9. The Very Essence of Our Lives : Leslie Silko's Webs of Identity,Louis Owens
10. The Semiotics of Dwelling in Leslie Marmon Silko'sCeremony,Catherine Rainwater
11. The Function of the Landscape ofCeremony,Robert M. Nelson
12. No Boundaries, Only Transitions:Ceremony,James Ruppert
13. Contested Ground: Nature, Narrative, and Native American Identity in Leslie Marmon Silko'sCeremony,Rachel Stein
14. Leslie Marmon Silko,Jace Weaver
15. Silko's Arroyos as Mainstream: Processes and Implicationl3,