Louise Erdrich

1. Louise Erdrich in Context Deborah L. Madsen PART I: Tracks Short introduction Deborah L. Madsen 2. A Bowen Family Systems Reading of Tracks Allan Chavkin & Nancy Feyl Chavkin 3. "I knew there never was another martyr like me": Pauline Puyat, Historical Trauma, and Tracks Connie A. Jacobs 4. "To become a bureaucrat myself": History and Law in Tracks David Stirrup PART II: The Last Report on the Miracles At Little No Horse Short introduction Deborah L. Madsen 5. Power and Authority in the Realms of Racial and Gender Politics: Postcolonial and Critical Race Theory in The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Mark Shackleton 6. "We Speak of Everything": Indigenous Traditions in The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse P. Jane Hafen 7. Love and the Slippery Slope of Sexual Orientation: L/G/B/T/Qetc Sensibility in The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse Patrice Hollrah PART III: The Plague of Doves Short introduction Deborah L. Madsen 8. "It All Does Come to Nothing in the End": Nationalism and Gender in Louise Erdrich's The Plague of Doves Gina Valentino 9. So, a Priest Walks into a Reservation Tragicomedy: Humor in The Plague of Doves John Gamber 10. Haunted by Birds: An Eco-critical View of Personhood in Louise Erdrich's The Plague of Doves Catherine Rainwater Works cited Further Reading Notes on Contributors Index