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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... groups , the figure of the Indian persists — a transformation of the sociologically and culturally complex into a singular emblem useful for its various exploiters . Thus , the ecology movement uses the Indian ( sometimes with the ...
... groups . Enemy Way takes a much more realistic turn , examining the problem of drunken driving on the reservation , racial battles between white supremacist groups and reservation Navajo , the growing gulf between genera- tions on the ...
... groups lived idyllic lives part of the time , when game was plentiful and the weather supportive of a good growing season , and their inability to preserve large amounts of meat and crops meant there was no point in working past a ...
Contents
Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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