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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... frontier had no prying eyes , no unrelenting peer pressure , no limits or restraints - men and women could drop the social roles of civilized life , expressing their inmost desires and fantasies . Unlike the forests of Europe , the New ...
... frontier . While traditional Westerns still have their audience , a more sophisti- cated and open - minded readership wishes to see that the Indian at the very least has his day in court , if not actually to see the world through Indian ...
... Frontier . Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press , 1993 . Nemanic , Gerald . " The Indians of the Midwest : A Partially Annotated Bibliography . " Great Lakes Review , 2 ( 1976 ) : 2 , 54–74 . Newcomb , William W. , Jr. North ...
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Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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