JOURNAL ARTICLE

From the Mesa: A Reflection on Language, Poetics, and Personhood.

  • Published In: Poetry, 2025, v. 225, n. 5. P. 416 1 of 3

  • Database: Business Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Loley, Manny 3 of 3

Abstract

The author reflects on the language, poetics and personhood of the Navajo people. He notes the importance of mesa, a flat top hill, for the Navajo literature. He notes that within Diné language, including developments in Diné poetics and storytelling, movement reflected in natural kinships lends itself to saad, is a body of words used as a form of communication.

Additional Information

  • Source:Poetry. 2025/03, Vol. 225, Issue 5, p416
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Music
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0032-2032
  • Accession Number:182592876

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