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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... Mary Jemison's story , for all we hear is the variation in amanuenses . A further consideration is the period in which Quanah lived . Though born in the middle of the nineteenth century , about twenty years after Mary Jemison's death ...
... Mary Musgrove ( born Cousapon- okeesa ) , Mohawk Molly Brant , and Cherokee Nancy Ward . In his novel Creek Mary's Blood ( 1980 ) , noted novelist Dee Brown re - creates the incredible story of an early - eighteenth century Indian ...
... Mary Jemison : White Woman of the Seneca . Peter Jemison , Epilogue . Santa Fe , N.M .: Clear Light , 1995 . Gardner , Jeanne LeMonnier . Mary Jemison , Seneca Captive . New York : Harcourt , Brace , and World , 1966 . The Garland ...
Contents
Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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