Mary Stoecklein

Native American Mystery Writing

Indigenous Investigations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes Native-authored detective fiction to consider how Native authors use a popular literary genre to make social, cultural, and political critiques by shedding light on settler-colonial crimes, arguing for strengthened tribal sovereignty, and illustrating the resilience of Indigenous peoples.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 237g
• ISBN-13: 9781498585798
• ISBN-10: 1498585795
• Artikelnr.: 61181722

Autorenporträt

By Mary Stoecklein

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Native Americans and Mystery Writing
Chapter 1: Oil, Wealth, Greed, and Murder: Mean Spirit, The Osage Rose, and
the Osage Oil Murders
Chapter 2: Violence Against Native American Women: Examining Justice in
Elsie's Business and The Round House
Chapter 3: Crimes of the Past are Crimes of the Present: The Ohlone, the
California Mission System, and the Santa Cruz Killers in Louis Owens's Bone
Game
Chapter 4: Adaptations of Justice: Chris Eyre's Reimagining of Tony
Hillerman
Chapter 5: Restoring the Balance: Native American Female Authors,
Detectives, and Series...So Far
Conclusion: Writing for Justice: Native American Mystery Fiction and
Strengthened Tribal Sovereignty
Appendix A: Further Reading
References