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Encountering the sovereign other : indigenous science fiction / Miriam C. Brown Spiers.

Author/creator Spiers, Miriam C. Brown author.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2021]
Copyright Notice ©2021
Description1 online resource (xl, 143 pages).
Supplemental Content Ebook Central
Subject(s)
Series American Indian studies series
American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.) ^A772075
Contents Introduction -- Part 1. Modern monsters, modern borders. The yellow monster : reanimating nuclear fears in The ballad of Billy Badass and the rose of Turkestan -- Radioactive rabbits and "illegal aliens" : border crossing in It came from Del Rio -- Part 2. Reimagining resistance. Until the danger passes : imagining dystopian sovereignty in Field of honor -- The stories began to change : rewriting removal in Riding the Trail of Tears -- Coda.
Abstract "Demonstrating how Indigenous science fiction expands the boundaries of the genre while reinforcing the relevance of Native knowledge, author Miriam C. Brown Spiers analyzes four novels: William Sanders's The Ballad of Billy Badass and the Rose of Turkestan, Stephen Graham Jones's It Came From Del Rio, D. L. Birchfield's Field of Honor, and Blake M. Hausman's Riding the Trail of Tears"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Biographical noteMiriam C. Brown Spiers is an assistant professor of English and interdisciplinary studies at Kennesaw State University.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: 9781611864052 1611864054
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formLiterary criticism.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formLiterary criticism.
Genre/formCritiques littéraires.
ISBN9781609176808 electronic book
ISBN1609176804 electronic book
ISBN9781628954470 electronic book
ISBN1628954477 electronic book
ISBNpaperback
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