The Woman Who Loved a Snake" and "What People of Elem Saw
Orality in Mabel McKay's Stories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5109387 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Greg Sarris (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Indian Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0095-182X • E-ISSN: 1534-1828 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1185122 |
| OpenAlex | W2325944339 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
cannery. Anyway, this woman, she says O.K. And sometimes, after he leave, she'd stay up for awhile. She'd clean up around, maybe do the dishes, get things ready for the morning, for the 'breakfast. I don't know. ONE TIME she hears knock on the back door. What is that? she's thinking. First she thought maybe it was her husband; maybe he was coming home early; maybe he got sick or something. then why doesn't he just come in? she was saying. Well, then she thought maybe she was hearing things. She just kept working then. But it kept on, this knocking. Then she got scared. See, in those days, no phones up there. And this was far out, up on some white man's place there, where her husband worked. She could not yell, nothing. Nobody to hear her. Maybe she's thinking this to herself. I don't know. Who is this? she is saying. Then I don't know what he said. I forgot. Something, anyway. And she opens the door. Just a little bit. He
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.03 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 1992 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |