Native American Mystery Writing (eBook)

Indigenous Investigations

Mary Stoecklein (Autor)

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2019
156 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-8578-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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Though mystery, crime, and detective fiction are some of the most popular genres in the world, little scholarship currently exists regarding Native American writers and how they add new dimensions to this widely read literary form. Rather, the majority of scholarship examines the depiction of Native characters from the perspective of non-Native authors. Native American Mystery Writing: Indigenous Investigations analyzes how Native authors use the genre to foreground centuries of settler-colonial crimes and comment upon the ways in which these acts continue to impact Native individuals and communities today. Considering fourteen novels and two made-for-TV films, this book surveys a spectrum of settler-colonial crimes: the Osage oil murders, sexual assault against Native women, missing and murdered Indigenous women, the California mission system, suppression of spiritual beliefs, theft-of land, children, and cultural items-and, of course, murder. Examination of these texts shows how Native authors working with the mystery, crime, and detective fiction formats are able to entertain readers while also sending strong social, cultural, and political messages that argue for strengthened tribal sovereignty and illustrate the resilience of Indigenous peoples-all in order to promote discussions about creating a more just system for Native Nations.

Autor

Mary Stoecklein is adjunct instructor of writing at Pima Community College.

Inhalt

ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Native Americans and Mystery WritingChapter 1: Oil, Wealth, Greed, and Murder: Mean Spirit, The Osage Rose, and the Osage Oil MurdersChapter 2: Violence Against Native American Women: Examining Justice in Elsie’s Business and The Round HouseChapter 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 GameChapter 4: Adaptations of Justice: Chris Eyre’s Reimagining of Tony HillermanChapter 5: Restoring the Balance: Native American Female Authors, Detectives, and Series…So Far Conclusion: Writing for Justice: Native American Mystery Fiction and Strengthened Tribal SovereigntyAppendix A: Further ReadingReferences

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.4.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: American Indian Literature • Detective stories • indigeneity • Indigenous literature • murder mysteries • mystery writing • Native American Literature • Settler Colonialism • Settler-Indigenous relations
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-8578-7 / 1498585787
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-8578-1 / 9781498585781