Elucidating Abstract Concepts and Complexity in Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine Through Metaphors of Quilts and Quilt Making
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Weagel
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, 2007, pp. 79-95
Description
Examines the use of quilts and quilt making as a concept in Native American literature, such as incorporating quilts into metaphors that help illustrate more abstract ideas, like wholeness, or to clarify further the novel's structure and complexity.