Journal Article

Writing in the Real World

KILCUP, KAREN L.

2008

Overview

The essays collected in this special issue of Legacy address a number of recurrent concerns among the approximately 350 author- or theme-based presentations: performance, identity, genre, the meaning of home, issues of mentoring, and the concept of \"legacies\" - the relationship between generations of women writers.2 Most broadly, however, in one way or another all of the essays here tackle the inevitable imbrication of public and private domains.3 The remarks that follow invert the conventional structuring of introductory essays. Both on stage and in staged photographs, Sarah Winnemucca was adept at re-presenting herself to white authences as the \"Indian Princess\"; in her performances, Pauline Johnson appeared first in \"buckskin\" and then in European evening wear; in the West, Ora Eddleman Reed offered \"Types of Indian Girls\" to readers of Twin Territories, a magazine published in Indian Territory in the late nineteenth century, repudiating stereotypes of Cherokees as savage but also \"playing Indian\" herself.7 In elaborating the historical context, Ruth Spack's essay exposes for public view some of the backstage elements of Zitkala-Sa's selfcreation.

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Subject: Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) / American literature / British & Irish literature / Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) / Clinton, Hillary Rodham / Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886) / English literature / Essays / Historical text analysis / Legacies / Literary criticism / Literary history / Modernist poetry / Native Americans / Native literature / Obituaries / Poetry / Political campaigns / Practice / Privacy / Stereotypes / Theme / Winnemucca, Sarah / Women / Women authors / Women writers / Writers / Written narratives / Zitkala-Sa (1876-1938)