02812nam a2200397 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020002700151040002100178035002100199043001200220050002300232082001700255100002000272245011900292260004700411300003200458504005100490520115900541533015201700650006101852650005201913650006401965650006902029650005702098650003702155650002502192650002502217655002902242710001702271856012602288ebr10612405CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||120531s2012    nyuac   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2012022193  z9780801451386 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9780801465857 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)814705805  an-us---14aPM157b.K78 2012eb04a810.98972231 aKrupat, Arnold.10a"That the people might live"h[electronic resource] :bloss and renewal in Native American elegy /cArnold Krupat.  aIthaca :bCornell University Press,c2012.  axii, 242 p. :bill., ports.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"Surveys the traditions of Native American elegiac expression over several centuries. Krupat covers a variety of oral performances of loss and renewal, including the Condolence Rites of the Iroquois and the memorial ceremony of the Tlingit people known as koo'eex, examining as well a number of Ghost Dance songs, which have been reinterpreted in culturally specific ways by many different tribal nations. Krupat treats elegiac "farewell" speeches of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in considerable detail, and comments on retrospective autobiographies by Black Hawk and Black Elk. Among contemporary Native writers, he looks at elegiac work by Linda Hogan, N. Scott Momaday, Gerald Vizenor, Sherman Alexie, Maurice Kenny, and Ralph Salisbury, among others. Despite differences of language and culture, he finds that death and loss are consistently felt by Native peoples both personally and socially: someone who had contributed to the People's well-being was now gone. Native American elegiac expression offered mourners consolation so that they might overcome their grief and renew their will to sustain communal life"--cPublisher's Web site.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aIndian literaturezUnited StatesxHistory and criticism. 0aFolk literature, IndianxHistory and criticism. 0aAmerican literaturexIndian authorsxHistory and criticism. 0aElegiac poetry, AmericanxIndian authorsxHistory and criticism. 0aIndians of North AmericaxFuneral customs and rites. 0aLoss (Psychology) in literature. 0aDeath in literature. 0aGrief in literature. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10612405zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view