دانلود کتاب Cultural Intermarriage in Southern Appalachia: Cherokee Elements in Four Selected Novels by Lee Smith (Indigenous Peoples and Politics)

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Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 8
CHAPTER 1 Introduction......Page 9
CHAPTER 1 Introduction......Page 10
SMITH AS AN APPALACHIAN STORYTELLER......Page 11
CHEROKEE STORYTELLING IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT......Page 12
OVERVIEW OF CHAPTERS......Page 13
SMITH’S APPALACHIAN NOVELS: AN OVERVIEW OF CRITICISM......Page 16
THE CHEROKEE-EUROPEAN CONTACT IN APPALACHIA: A BRIEF HISTORICAL OVERVIEW......Page 19
NATURAL CONSERVATION AS A FORM OF CULTURAL PRESERVATION......Page 24
Floods as an Environmental Consequence......Page 25
Poverty as a Social Consequence......Page 27
Illness and Injuries as Personal Consequences......Page 30
Mountains as a Source of Stories......Page 32
Medicinal Plants......Page 36
Spirit Animals......Page 40
Nature as Refuge and Inspiration......Page 44
ORAL TRADITIONS AS A LINK WITH THE PAST......Page 49
GRANNY YOUNGER’S PORTRAIT OF RED EMMY IN THE CONTEXT OF CHEROKEE MYTHOLOGY......Page 58
THE ROLE OF WITCHCRAFT......Page 61
Conjurors and Witches......Page 65
LITTLE PEOPLE AND BOOGER MEN......Page 68
CHAPTER 4 Vashti Cantrell and Ora Mae Cantrell......Page 73
VASHTI CANTRELL......Page 74
CHEROKEE WOMEN AND SUBSISTENCE FARMING......Page 77
ORA MAE CANTRELL......Page 80
Ora Mae and Agnes, the Realists and Survivors......Page 81
Ora Mae and Granny Younger, the Knowers......Page 87
CONCLUSION: STORIES AND THE CYCLES OF LIFE......Page 93
APPENDIX......Page 97
Notes......Page 135
Works Cited......Page 155
Index......Page 163