| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-09-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 266 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 14.4 oz |
Publisher's Note Long, before American Indian women's literature achieved its current popularity, the writings of E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) pioneered the field. A mixed-blood of Mohawk-English descent, Johnson gained renown for her literary recitals and theatrical performances in Canada, England, and the United States, being billed at turn of the century as the "Mohawk Princess". Many of Johnson's stories in The Moccasin Maker depict nineteenth-century India women cause between the forces of cultural continuity and the pressures of assimilation. Critics in Johnson's own day praised her treatment of Indian themes and her descriptions of nature, but they ignored her vivid portrayals of women. In this edition of Johnson's stories, A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff corrects this oversight and provides an extensive introduction and annotations to place Johnson and her work solidly within the genres of American Indian and women's fiction.
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