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Author Suhr-Sytsma, Mandy, author

Title Self-determined stories: the Indigenous reinvention of young adult literature / Mandy Suhr-Sytsma
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 202 pages) : illustrations
Series American indian studies series
American Indian studies series.
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. A Rebel with a Community, Not Just a Cause: Revising YA Power Dynamics and Uniquely Representing Indigenous Sovereignty in Jeannette Armstrong's Slash; Chapter Two. Indigenous School Stories: Alternatives to Multiculturalism in Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Joseph Bruchac's The Heart of a Chief; Chapter Three. Not Your Father's Pocahontas: Cynthia Leitich Smith's and Susan Power's Resistive Romance
Chapter Four. That's One Story : Reworking Hybridity through Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel's and Drew Hayden Taylor's Speculative FictionCoda. Alexie's Flight, Zobel's Wabanaki Blues, and the Future of Indigenous YA Literature; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary "As the first book-length study of Indigenous-authored Young Adult literature, this project advances conversations in Native Studies about the meaning of Indigenous sovereignty and expands conceptualizations of power dynamics and genre in YA Literary Studies"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism
Canadian literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism
Young adult literature, American -- History and criticism
Young adult literature, Canadian -- History and criticism
Indians in literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- Native American.
American literature -- Indian authors
Canadian literature -- Indian authors
Indians in literature
Young adult literature, American
Young adult literature, Canadian
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781609175788
1609175786