Queequeg's Coffin: Indigenous Literacies and Early American Literature by Birgit Brander Rasmussen

Queequeg's Coffin: Indigenous Literacies and Early American Literature

Birgit Brander Rasmussen

224 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
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The encounter between European and native peoples in the Americas is often portrayed as a conflict between literate civilization and illiterate savagery. That perception ignores the many indigenous forms of writing that were not alphabet-based, su...

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