Lisandro Mendez's "Coyote and Deer": On Reciprocity, Narrative Structures, and Interactions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony Webster
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 1-24
Description
Article examines the Lipan Apache narrative about Coyote which had been recorded and translated by the linguist Harry Hoijer from a telling by Lisandro Mendez. Author examines the content and themes of the text alongside the poetic and narrative devices it uses; situates the text among other Coyote narratives.