{"product_id":"footpaths-bridges-rebecca-ann-howard-9780472034789","title":"Footpaths \u0026 Bridges: Voices from the Native American Women Playwrights Archive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFootpaths and Bridges\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the vitality and diversity of Native American women, collecting plays ranging from \u003ci\u003eETHNOSTRESS\u003c\/i\u003e--a humorous take on art and identity politics--to the biographical musical \u003ci\u003eTe Ata\u003c\/i\u003e to a retelling of the Thanksgiving story from the Wampanoag perspective. The dramatic works are accompanied by critical commentary that illuminates Native American women's theater practices and perspectives, highlighting the issues of heritage, identity, and changing lifestyles that the plays imaginatively tackle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing work from a wide array of tribes and geographic regions, the collection affords the artist, scholar, and general reader access to previously unheard voices that communicate the complexity and the diversity of the Native American experience. The far-ranging genres and content of the plays suggest the many possibilities for communicating the past and the present, the personal and the political, and the stunning kaleidoscope of Native American life and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Often thoughtful provocateurs, Native American playwrights are frequently overlooked . . . eminently readable, and possibly performable, the plays  in this collection] examine colonization, generational differences, 'ethnostress, ' and cultural identity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Choice \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Ann Howard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472034782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472034789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/14\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Rebecca Ann Howard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054263693567,"sku":"9780472034789","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4dc6ec62-8ba8-4bd7-8f99-41ed5ce2e16b.jpg?v=1685028947","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/footpaths-bridges-rebecca-ann-howard-9780472034789","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}