{"product_id":"the-beadworkers-stories-paperback","title":"The Beadworkers: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeth Piatote\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeth Piatote's luminous debut collection opens with a feast, grounding its stories in the landscapes and lifeworlds of the Native Northwest, exploring the inventive and unforgettable pattern of Native American life in the contemporary world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold with humor, subtlety, and spareness, the mixed-genre works of Beth Piatote's first collection find unifying themes in the strength of kinship, the pulse of longing, and the language of return. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman teaches her niece to make a pair of beaded earrings while ruminating on a fractured relationship. An eleven-year-old girl narrates the unfolding of the Fish Wars in the 1960s as her family is propelled to its front lines. In 1890, as tensions escalate at Wounded Knee, two young men at college--one French and the other Lakota--each contemplate a death in the family. In the final, haunting piece, a Nez Perce-Cayuse family is torn apart as they debate the fate of ancestral remains in a moving revision of the Greek tragedy \u003ci\u003eAntigone\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormally inventive and filled with vibrant characters, \u003ci\u003eThe Beadworkers\u003c\/i\u003e draws on Indigenous aesthetics and forms to offer a powerful, sustaining vision of Native life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeth Piatote\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of Native American studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She holds a PhD from Stanford University, is the author of numerous scholarly essays and creative works, and is the recipient of multiple awards and fellowships. She is Nez Perce enrolled with Colville Confederated Tribes and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700132745279,"sku":"9781640094277","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9bea624baccff9b9c1febb06bc5a8e1d.webp?v=1765015614","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-beadworkers-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}