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"That the people might live" : loss and renewal in Native American elegy /

"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 numbe...

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Main Author:	Krupat, Arnold
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Indian literature > United States > History and criticism. Folk literature, Indian > History and criticism. American literature > Indian authors > History and criticism. Elegiac poetry, American > Indian authors > History and criticism. Indians of North America > Funeral customs and rites. Loss (Psychology) in literature. Death in literature. Grief in literature. Electronic books.
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