Abalone Tales: Collaborative Explorations of Sovereignty and Identity in Native California.

Les W. Field.

ISBN 10: 0822314657 / ISBN 13: 9780822314653

Published by Duke University Press, Durham, NC, 2008

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First Edition (2008), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted, in accordance with Duke University Press' customary practice. Fine in Wraps: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.75 x 6.15 x 0.55 inches). xi, 196 pages. Sparsely illustrated with maps and photographs in black & white. Language: English. Weight: 12 ounces. Narrating Native Histories Series. University Press Paperback. First Edition (2008), unstated, but implied: no subsequent printings noted, in accordance with Duke University Press' customary practice.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Abalone Tales: Collaborative Explorations of Sovereignty and Identity in Native California.
• Publisher: Duke University Press, Durham, NC
• Publication Date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0822314657
• ISBN 13: 9780822314653
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Native American

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Synopsis

How ironic, the author thought on learning of the Sandinista’s electoral defeat, that at its death the Revolutionary State left Woman, Violeta Chamorro, located at the center. The election signaled the end of one transition and the beginning of another, with Woman somewhere on the border between the neo-liberal and marxist projects. It is such transitions that Ileana Rodríguez takes up here, unraveling their weave of gender, ethnicity, and nation as it is revealed in literature written by women.
In House/Garden/Nation the narratives of five Centro-Caribbean writers illustrate these times of transition: Dulce María Loynáz, from colonial rule to independence in Cuba; Jean Rhys, from colony to commonwealth in Dominica; Simone Schwarz-Bart, from slave to free labor in Guadeloupe; Gioconda Belli, from oligarchic capitalism to social democratic socialism in Nicaragua; and Teresa de la Parra, from independence to modernity in Venezuela. Focusing on the nation as garden, hacienda, or plantation, Rodríguez shows us these writers debating the predicament of women under nation formation from within the confines of marriage and home.
In reading these post-colonial literatures by women facing the crisis of transition, this study highlights urgent questions of destitution, migration, exile, and inexperience, but also networks of value allotted to women: beauty, clothing, love. As a counterpoint on issues of legality, policy, and marriage, Rodriguez includes a chapter on male writers: José Eustacio Rivera, Omar Cabezas, and Romulo Gallegos. Her work presents a sobering picture of women at a crossroads, continually circumscribed by history and culture, writing their way.

About the Author

Ileana Yamileth Rodriguez is Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Ohio State University. She is a specialist in the centro-Caribbean area and has written extensively on the literature and culture of the island and mainland nations.