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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... stopped . The sun is one place where he has stopped . The moon , the stars , the winds , he has been with . The trees , the animals , are all where he has stopped , and Native American Perceptions of Reality 25.
... stopped , and the Indian sends his prayers there to reach the place where the god has stopped and win help . ( McLuhan , 37 ) As the passage indicates , Native Americans perceive two elements in the earth : distinctive physiological ...
... stopped from completing her work . Pas- sages 3 and 4 thus continue the theme of the ways in which positive and negative forces , forces of creation and destruction , are intertwined in all of human ex- perience . Again , mythological ...
Contents
Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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