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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... novel . The core of the novel is the description of personalities and events locked in a dramatic tension moving toward reso- lution and / or dissolution . While the novel refers to Indian reservations and their residents , the annual ...
... novel's close , the supernatural dominates . Breach of Faith celebrates the power of Hopi kachina spirits to destroy or heal : they destroy the thief because of his perversion of sacred rites , but they restore the health and fertility ...
... Novel . Norman : University of Oklahoma Press , 1994 . The Sharpest Sight : A Novel . Norman : University of Oklahoma Press , 1992 . Wolfsong . Norman : University of Oklahoma Press , 1995 . ed . American Indian Novelists : An Annotated ...
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Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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