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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... murder of the game warden ( she bashes his head in with a frying fan ) ; later , when he is confronted by a local sheriff , his girlfriend shoots the officer , and Arshile must face the blame and punishment of the white world . In Mean ...
... Murder ( 1992 ) , she plunges down an old mine shaft when the dumbwaiter - like cargo platform breaks , and laboriously inches her way back up , muscles painfully straining , wrists smarting where rope burns stripped her skin away . In ...
... Murder in the Walls . New York : Simon and Schuster , 1971. ( Ortiz ) Tangled Murders . New York : Simon and ... Murder . New York : Kensington , 1995 . Target for Murder . New York : Kensington , 1991 . Whiskey Jack . New York ...
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Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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