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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... Hand , only to find his Osage wife murdered , his ranch burned to the ground , and his adopted white son stolen by a vengeful friend of Stone Hand , who is convinced the child resulted from Stone Hand's rape of a white woman ; portraits ...
... hand , reaching desperately for the sky , becomes the hand star , part of Orion ( McCleary , The Stars We Know , ch . 5 ) . Cannibalism is associated with giants and other supernatural beings , and in fact the redheaded sorceress has a ...
Contents
Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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