The truth about stories : a native narrative

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The truth about stories : a native narrative / Thomas King.

King, Thomas, 1943- (Author).

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"In The Truth About Stories, Native novelist and scholar Thomas King explores how stories shape who we are and how we understand and interact with other people. From creation stories to personal experiences, historical anecdotes to social injustices, racist propaganda to works of contemporary Native literature, King probes Native culture's deep ties to storytelling." "Thomas King weaves events from his own life, as a child in California, an academic in Canada, and a Native North American, with a wide-ranging discussion of stories told by and about Indians." "That imaginative Indian that North Americans hold dear has been challenged by Native writers - N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Louis Owens, Robert Alexie, and others - who provide alternative narratives of the Native experience that question a past, create a present, and imagine a future. King reminds the reader, Native and non-Native, that storytelling carries with it social and moral responsibilities."--Jacket.

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ISBN: 9780816646265
ISBN: 0816646260
ISBN: 9780816646272
ISBN: 0816646279
Physical Description: 172 pages ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172).
Formatted Contents Note:: "You'll never believe what happened" is always a great way to start -- You're not the Indian I had in mind -- Let me entertain you -- A million porcupines crying in the dark -- What is it about us that you don't like?

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Subject:: King, Thomas, 1943-
Authors, Canadian > 20th century > Biography.
Indians of North America > Ethnic identity.
Indians in popular culture > North America.
Indians of North America > Public opinion.
Indian authors > Canada > Biography.
Public opinion > North America.

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