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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... dream messages , he is finally led by Wolverine , his animal guardian , to an encounter with Feather Woman , a ... dream passage . He receives the summons for the journey in a dream , but he instructs his wife that he will be gone for a ...
... Dream- catcher , and Naomi Stokes's Tree People ) depend to lesser and greater degrees on the mystical effects of a ... dream catcher protects its user from bad dreams and bad realities and , in doing so , produces unexpected ...
... dream . The Sioux of the tale believe that this dream can reshape reality : " The Indians had a special gift for dreaming . When they dreamed they could change the world " ( 550 ) . The conclusion to the nineteenth - century section is ...
Contents
Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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