James Boucher

The Mythic Indian (eBook, ePUB)

The Native in French and Québécois Cultural Imaginaries

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Mythic Indian: The Native in French and Québécois Cultural Imaginaries charts a genealogy of French and Québécois visions of the Amerindian.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040017333
• Artikelnr.: 70305259

Autorenporträt

James Boucher is an Assistant Professor of French at Rutgers University-Camden, USA, where he also serves as Director of French and Global Studies. His research focuses on Indigenous peoples, ecocriticism, and globalization.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Mythmaking: How the West (Was) "Won"?
1. Mythic Origins and the Origins of Myth
2. Voltaire, La Condamine, and Buffon: Fabricating Fact and (Science)
Fiction
3. The Vanishing Indian: Manifest and Imperial Destinies
4. Going Native: The Myth of Being Indian
5. Voices in Francophone Indigenous Literature: A History and Future of
Native American Literature