Paula Gunn Allen (1939–2008)
Auteur van The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions
Over de Auteur
Of Laguna Pueblo and Sioux descent, Allen was one of the best-known Native American writers and critics and cousin to another, Leslie Marmon Silko. She was born in Grants, New Mexico, on October 24, 1939. She received a bachelor's degree in English in 1966 and a master's degree of fine arts in toon meer creative writing in 1968 from the University of Oregon and a doctorate in American studies in 1975 from the University of New Mexico. She taught at numerous schools during her lifetime including San Francisco State, University of California at Berkeley and University of California at Los Angeles. She wrote 17 books including volumes of her own poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. She also edited important collections of Native American writing. She received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the University of California at Los Angeles, where she was a postdoctoral fellow in American Indian Studies. She received numerous awards including an American Book Award for editing Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Short Stories by American Indian Writers in 1990 and the Hubbell Medal in 1999. She devoted much of her work to combating oppression by critiquing the ideas that have sanctioned it. The Woman Who Owned the Shadows (1983), is about a woman who comes to realize that she is a lesbian. Allen explores and affirms for women and lesbians the ideas of Spider Grandmother who, in many Native American traditions, is the creator of the heavens, the earth, and all the spirit beings, and therefore an icon of female power. The Sacred Hoop (1986), is a collection of essays written over a number of years that explicitly argue that Native American literature, traditions, mythology, and spirituality can be powerful antidotes to white racism, sexism, and homophobia. She died of lung cancer on May 29, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Werken van Paula Gunn Allen
Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women (1989) — Redacteur; Medewerker — 327 exemplaren
Song of the Turtle: American Indian Literature 1974-1994 (1996) — Redacteur; Medewerker — 62 exemplaren
Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-Busting, Border-Crossing Loose Cannons (1998) 61 exemplaren
Studies in American Indian Literature: Critical Essays and Course Designs (MLA Commission on the Literatures & Lang) (1983) 20 exemplaren
Hozho: Walking in Beauty: Native American Stories of Inspiration, Humor, and Life (2001) — Redacteur — 11 exemplaren
Sipapu: A Cultural Perspective (1975) 1 exemplaar
Conditions Seven: A magazine of Writing by Women with An Emphasis on Writing by Lesbians 1 exemplaar
Paula Gunn Allen Archive 1 exemplaar
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When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry (2020) — Medewerker — 257 exemplaren
Wise Women: Over Two Thousand Years of Spiritual Writing by Women (1996) — Medewerker — 201 exemplaren
Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America (1997) — Medewerker — 165 exemplaren
A Gathering of Spirit: A Collection by North American Indian Women (1984) — Medewerker — 153 exemplaren
The Graywolf Annual Five: Multi-Cultural Literacy (Graywolf Annual) (1988) — Medewerker — 131 exemplaren
Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies) (2011) — Medewerker — 111 exemplaren
The Remembered Earth: An Anthology of Contemporary Native American Literature (1979) — Medewerker — 70 exemplaren
Songs from This Earth on Turtle's Back: Contemporary American Indian Poetry (1983) — Medewerker — 70 exemplaren
She Rises Like the Sun: Invocations of the Goddess by Contemporary American Women Poets (1989) — Medewerker — 68 exemplaren
That's What She Said: Contemporary Poetry and Fiction by Native American Women (A Midland Book) (1984) — Medewerker — 63 exemplaren
I Tell You Now: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers (1987) — Medewerker — 62 exemplaren
Native Heritage: Personal Accounts by American Indians, 1790 to the Present (1995) — Medewerker — 59 exemplaren
Nothing But the Truth: An Anthology of Native American Literature (2000) — Medewerker — 52 exemplaren
Voices from WahKon-Tah;: Contemporary poetry of native Americans, (1974) — Medewerker — 22 exemplaren
Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit: North American Indian Women's Issue (1983) — Medewerker — 19 exemplaren
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- Gangbare naam
- Allen, Paula Gunn
- Officiële naam
- Allen, Paula Marie Francis Gunn
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Francis, Paula Marie
- Geboortedatum
- 1939-10-24
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2008-05-29
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- female
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- Laguna Pueblo
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Fort Bragg, California, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Cubero, New Mexico, USA
Oregon, USA
Berkeley, California, USA - Opleiding
- University of Oregon
University of New Mexico (Ph.D.) - Beroepen
- professor
- Relaties
- Francis, Lee (brother)
Francis IV, Lee (nephew) - Organisaties
- University of California, Berkeley
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Lannan Literary Fellowship (2007)
Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers Circle of The Americas (2001)
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