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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... come back later and enjoy them again . And the animals don't stay in one place , especially when they're being hunted . " ( 100 ) Naduah finally comes to recognize the excitement and physical pleasures of nomadic life , with the ever ...
... comes of well - intentioned acts ; no good comes from ill - intentioned acts . Alexie goes beyond postmodernist irony to achieve utter negation of possibility . Welch , in contrast , captures the constant struggle between community and ...
... Come witch , come wizard , come Indian pow- wow , come devil himself , and here comes Goodman Brown . " James Fenimore Cooper's bad Indians ( Magua's crew in The Last of the Mohicans ) disappear into subterranean caves " like the shades ...
Contents
Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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