Shape-Shifting: Images of Native Americans in Recent Popular FictionThis study of the Native American in the western, romance, detective, horror, and science fiction genres examines how even historically accurate representations distort and bias the Native American figure to fit European-based traditions and modern agendas. The authors provide critical approaches for evaluating the literature. They argue that while popular fiction conventions determine and limit authentic portraits of Native American cultures, successful popular fiction writers approach literary quality by fusing authentic Native American culture with the standard genre conventions. Approximately 200 books are discussed and evaluated, and true Native American stories and writings are contrasted with mainstream versions of Indian culture. |
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... European- Americans is forever marked by the bloodshed and destruction of vast numbers of Native Americans . European - American civilization is born in the over- whelming experience of death and moves inexorably toward the consequences ...
... European traditions to make the concepts of horror more readily accessible to Western readers , and hence truly terrifying for the largest possible audience . CROSSOVER HORROR Crossover horror stories often incorporate traditional European ...
... European and Indian had met in harmony instead of in battle . Called the Gone with the Wind of lycanthropy , Moon Dance spans two con- tinents ( Europe and America ) and more than a century ( 1860s to 1980s ) , bring- ing in such ...
Contents
Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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