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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... tell us far more about the per- spectives , interests , attitudes , and political shifts of our own society than they do about historical " realities . " When in Coyote Summer ( 1997 ) Michael Gear's Heals Like a Willow , a beautiful ...
... tell pretty nearly where they will be ... you may walk on moss or leaves , or through marshes , or even over rocks , but all precautions you take to conceal your track are quite useless , for the pursuers are rarely at fault . The ...
... tell of an evil redheaded sorceress , who refuses to eat from any platter except the stomach of a pregnant woman . Then , while eating the meal that the pregnant woman serves on her stomach , the sorceress heats a stone red- hot and ...
Contents
Native Americans of the Imagination | 1 |
Accessing a Different | 21 |
The Enduring Creation Story | 45 |
Copyright | |
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