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Ambiguous Heritage and the Search for Identity in Native American Fiction

Year: 2010

Type of publication: kapitola v odborné knize

Name of source: Ambiguity and the Search for Meaning : English and American Studies at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Publisher name: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

Place: Kraków

Page from-to: 271-282

Titles:

Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
cze	Nejednoznačné dědictví a hledání identity ve vybraných amerických indiánských románech	Kapitola se zabývá problematikou míšenců ve vybraných dílech amerických indiánských autorů, především Mourning Dove, Louise Erdrichové a Michaela Dorrise a sleduje posun od tropu "tragického mulata" k postmoderní oslavě diversity.	identita; americký indiánský román; míšenec; Mourning Dove; Louise Erdrich; Michael Dorris
eng	Ambiguous Heritage and the Search for Identity in Native American Fiction	The chapter discusses the issue of mixed-blood characters as they are depicted in selected works by Native American writers. It focuses mainly on Mourning Dove, Luise Erdrich, and Michael Dorris and their works.It concentrates on the progress from the tragic mulatto tropos to the postmodern celebration of diversity.	Identity; Native American Fiction; mixed-bloods; tragic mulatto; Cogewea; Mourning Dove; Louise Erdrich; Michael Dorris

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