Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ716645
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Dec-22
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Grandma's Wicker Sewing Basket: Untangling the Narrative Threads in Silko's "Ceremony"
Beidler, Peter G.; Nelson, Robert M.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, v28 n1 p5 Win 2004
Leslie Marmon Silko's "Ceremony" is a novel about a young man who returns to the Laguna Reservation in 1948, after horrifying experiences on the Pacific front in World War II. He comes home in a psychological mess after being released from a prisoner of war camp. An attempt is made to enable teachers to help first-time readers untangle the various narrative threads in the novel.
Descriptors: Novels, Ceremonies, War, Literature Appreciation, Critical Reading, Personal Narratives, American Indians
UCLA American Indian Studies Center, 3220 Campbell Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1548. Web site: http://www.books.aisc.ucla.edu.
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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