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"Yellow Woman" is a [[short story]] | | image = <!-- include the [[file:]] and size --> | ||
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| author = [[w:Leslie Marmon Silko|Leslie Marmon Silko]] | |||
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| country = United States | |||
| language = English | |||
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| published_in = ''The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by American Indians''{{sfn|Fajardo-Acosta|2002}} | |||
| publication_type = Anthology | |||
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| pub_date = 1874 | |||
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"Yellow Woman" is a [[short story]] by Leslie Marmon Silko, originally published in the 1974 anthology ''The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by American Indians''. | |||
==Summary== | |||
An unnamed woman has a sexual encounter with a man that lasts several days despite her having a husband and child. | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
===Yellow Woman=== | ===Yellow Woman=== | ||
Yellow Woman is a female who leaves her family to have a brief sexual encounter with a Navajo man. Yellow Woman is not her real name. | Yellow Woman is a female who leaves her family to have a brief sexual encounter with a Navajo man. Yellow Woman is not her real name. She has been kidnapped by a stranger when she was near the river. | ||
===Silva=== | ===Silva=== | ||
Silva is the Navajo man that Yellow Woman runs away with for a brief time. The story leads you to believe he is a cattle thief and maybe even a murderer. | Silva is the Navajo man that Yellow Woman runs away with for a brief time. The story leads you to believe he is a cattle thief and maybe even a murderer. Silva is a man who has kidnapped the woman. | ||
===Grandfather=== | ===Grandfather=== | ||
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===The Rancher=== | ===The Rancher=== | ||
The Rancher is a fat white man who has a sour smell to him. He and his people have been looking for Silva for a long time because he's a thief who rustles their cattle for the meat. | The Rancher is a fat white man who has a sour smell to him. He and his people have been looking for Silva for a long time because he's a thief who rustles their cattle for the meat. | ||
==Themes== | ==Themes== | ||
• Traditional native values versus contemporary American values. | |||
* The roles of wife and mother at odds with desire. | |||
==Works Cited== | ==Works Cited== | ||
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* {{cite web |url=http://www.fajardo-acosta.com/worldlit/silko/yellow_woman.htm |title=Yellow Woman |last=Fajardo-Acosta |first=Fidel |date={{date|2002}} |website=Dr. Fidel Fajardo-Acosta's World Literature Website |publisher= |access-date={{date|2021-09-01|ISO}} }} Overview of themes and study questions. | |||
* {{cite book |last=Silko |first=Leslie Marmon |date={{date|2002}} |title=Yellow Woman |url= |location=Upper Saddle River, NJ |publisher=Prentice Hall |pages=187–193] }} | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:44, 3 September 2021
| “Yellow Woman” | |
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| Author | Leslie Marmon Silko |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Published in | The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by American Indians[1] |
| Publication type | Anthology |
| Publication date | 1874 |
"Yellow Woman" is a short story by Leslie Marmon Silko, originally published in the 1974 anthology The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by American Indians.
Summary
An unnamed woman has a sexual encounter with a man that lasts several days despite her having a husband and child.
Characters
Yellow Woman
Yellow Woman is a female who leaves her family to have a brief sexual encounter with a Navajo man. Yellow Woman is not her real name. She has been kidnapped by a stranger when she was near the river.
Silva
Silva is the Navajo man that Yellow Woman runs away with for a brief time. The story leads you to believe he is a cattle thief and maybe even a murderer. Silva is a man who has kidnapped the woman.
Grandfather
Grandfather is just a memory to Yellow Woman now because he is dead. He told her all the stories about Yellow Woman.
The Rancher
The Rancher is a fat white man who has a sour smell to him. He and his people have been looking for Silva for a long time because he's a thief who rustles their cattle for the meat.
Themes
• Traditional native values versus contemporary American values.
- The roles of wife and mother at odds with desire.
Works Cited
- Fajardo-Acosta, Fidel (2002). "Yellow Woman". Dr. Fidel Fajardo-Acosta's World Literature Website. Retrieved 2021-09-01. Overview of themes and study questions.
- Silko, Leslie Marmon (2002). Yellow Woman. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp. 187–193].