Shaman Or Sherlock?: The Native American Detective
- ISBN-10
- 0313308411
- ISBN-13
- 9780313308413
- Category
- Literary Criticism / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
- Pages
- 284
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Greenwood Press
- Authors
- Andrew Macdonald, Gina Macdonald, MaryAnn Sheridan
Description
Fictional depictions of Native American concepts of justice, crime, and the investigation of crime are explored in this original work. Shaman or Sherlock explores depictions created by Native American authors themselves, as well as those created by outsiders with mainstream agendas. The most successful of these writers fuse authentic Native American culture with standard genre conventions, thus providing an appealing, empathetic view of little-understood or underappreciated groups, as well as insight into issues of cross-cultural communication. Dealing with such significant concepts as acculturation, regional diversity, and assimilation, this unique study evaluates over 200 detective stories.
Though the crime novel began in Europe as a manifestation of Enlightenment rationality and scientific methodology, the Native American detective story moves into the realm of the spiritual and intuitive, often incorporating depictions of non-material phenomena. Shaman or Sherlock? explores how geographical and tribal differences, degrees of assimilation, and the evolution of age-old cultural patterns shape the Native American detective story.
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