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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... talk with Benetsee , the aged medicine man he trusts , lead Du Pré to join a Métis canoe expedition tracing the paths of his ancestors down a Canadian river . Later , Benetsee makes Du Pré drive him to a sacred Indian place of power and ...
... talk about his sorcerer uncle whom Siquani has seen as a diamondback rattler . His deeper vision sees in the threat of night walkers ( Indian witches from the west ) an opportunity to counter an Apache curse against the Spaniards who ...
... talk of Grandmother Mountain and Sky Houses , and their words echo the w's and h's of Native American dialects : " Heya , heya / nahe heya / no nahe no / heya , heya ; wakwa ; weyewey . " There are Blue Clay , Yellow and Red Adobe , and ...
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Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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