BLOOD QUANTUM IN SCOTT MOMADAY’S THE NAMES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46827/ejlll.v5i3.291Keywords:
American Indian literature, Indian blood laws, racial memory, SurvivanceAbstract
The semiotics of blood quantum in Scott Momaday’s memoir, The Names, is interpreted regarding its role as a signifier of American Indian survival and resistance in the context of his introspective concept of mythopoetic blood memory.References
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