Mythic Indian - The Native in French and Quebecois Cultural Imaginaries

The Mythic Indian: The Native in French and Québécois Cultural Imaginaries charts a genealogy of French and Québécois visions of the Amerindian.

List of contents

Introduction: Mythmaking: How the West (Was) "Won"?
1. Mythic Origins and the Origins of Myth
2. Voltaire, La Condamine, and Buffon: Fabricating Fact and (Science) Fiction
3. The Vanishing Indian: Manifest and Imperial Destinies
4. Going Native: The Myth of Being Indian
5. Voices in Francophone Indigenous Literature: A History and Future of Native American Literature

About the author

James Boucher is an Assistant Professor of French at Rutgers University-Camden, USA, where he also serves as Director of French and Global Studies. His research focuses on Indigenous peoples, ecocriticism, and globalization.

Product details

• Authors: James Boucher, James (Rutgers University Camden Boucher
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032638768
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3263876-8
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge Research in Transnational Indigenous Perspectives
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Canada, History, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian, Humanities, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Regional / International studies, Literature: history and criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General, Amerindian;Native American;Indigenous Studies;Mythmaking