Shape-Shifting: Images of Native Americans in Recent Popular FictionBloomsbury Academic, 30/09/2000 - 338 من الصفحات This 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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... historical fiction , of course , whether traditional or revisionist , explore modern themes in historical settings and create new fantasies to appeal to modern values . What unites these disparate genres in their use of Native American ...
... historical accounts but rather in the less factually grounded medium of popular fiction . Structuring both problems as an a fortiori argument gives perspective : If the less difficult provides poor results , what can one expect of the ...
... historical record and the fictional stereotype by investigating and reporting historical accounts of the barbarisms of the colonists and later of the settlers and U.S. Army . For example , only sixty years after the historical events ...
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