Native American Mystery Writing - Indigenous Investigations

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.

List of contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Native Americans and Mystery Writing

Chapter 1: Oil, Wealth, Greed, and Murder: Mean Spirit, The Osage Rose, and the Osage Oil Murders

Chapter 2: Violence Against Native American Women: Examining Justice in Elsie's Business and The Round House

Chapter 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 Game

Chapter 4: Adaptations of Justice: Chris Eyre's Reimagining of Tony Hillerman

Chapter 5: Restoring the Balance: Native American Female Authors, Detectives, and Series.So Far

Conclusion: Writing for Justice: Native American Mystery Fiction and Strengthened Tribal Sovereignty

Appendix A: Further Reading

References

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Stoecklein
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781498585798
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8579-8
• No. of pages: 156
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Crime & mystery, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Crime and mystery fiction, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, Relating to Native American people, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, FICTION / Indigenous / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Indigenous