Introduction: The Indigenous Contexts of Native. American. Literature., Deborah Madsen

The Routledge Companion to Native American Literature engages the multiple scenes of tension - historical, political, cultural, and aesthetic - that constitute a problematic legacy in terms of community identity, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, language, and sovereignty in the study of Native American literature.

Deborah L. Madsen is Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.