Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance
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Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance is a critical work of Native American literature and theory in which Gerald Vizenor explores the concept of “postindian survivance” to challenge dominant colonial narratives and representations of Indigenous peoples.
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| Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance Context triple: [Gerald Vizenor, notableWork, Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance]
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The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America is a non-fiction book by Thomas King that blends history, memoir, and sharp cultural critique to examine the treatment and representation of Indigenous peoples in North America.
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The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative is a series of interconnected essays by Thomas King that explores Indigenous storytelling traditions and critiques colonial narratives through personal reflection and humor.
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The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians
The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians is an anthropological study and interpretation of Native American ritual and mythology by ethnologist Paul Radin.
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D.
The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions
The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions is a groundbreaking work of Native American literary and cultural criticism that re-centers Indigenous women’s roles and feminist perspectives within tribal traditions and worldviews.
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E.
Spider Woman’s Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women
Spider Woman’s Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women is an influential anthology edited by Paula Gunn Allen that brings together traditional stories and modern literary works by Native American women, highlighting their voices, cultural perspectives, and storytelling traditions.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance Target entity description: Manifest Manners: Narratives on Postindian Survivance is a critical work of Native American literature and theory in which Gerald Vizenor explores the concept of “postindian survivance” to challenge dominant colonial narratives and representations of Indigenous peoples.
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A.
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America is a non-fiction book by Thomas King that blends history, memoir, and sharp cultural critique to examine the treatment and representation of Indigenous peoples in North America.
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B.
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative is a series of interconnected essays by Thomas King that explores Indigenous storytelling traditions and critiques colonial narratives through personal reflection and humor.
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C.
The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians
The Road of Life and Death: A Ritual Drama of the American Indians is an anthropological study and interpretation of Native American ritual and mythology by ethnologist Paul Radin.
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D.
The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions
The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions is a groundbreaking work of Native American literary and cultural criticism that re-centers Indigenous women’s roles and feminist perspectives within tribal traditions and worldviews.
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E.
Spider Woman’s Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women
Spider Woman’s Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women is an influential anthology edited by Paula Gunn Allen that brings together traditional stories and modern literary works by Native American women, highlighting their voices, cultural perspectives, and storytelling traditions.
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Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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critical work ⓘ work of Native American literary theory ⓘ |
| addresses | erasure of Indigenous presence in dominant histories ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge dominant colonial narratives
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challenge misrepresentations of Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gerald Vizenor’s concept of survivance ⓘ |
| author | Gerald Vizenor ⓘ |
| conceptIntroduced | postindian survivance ⓘ |
| critiques |
anthropological representations of Indigenous peoples
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manifest destiny ideology ⓘ simulation of Indians in popular culture ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| emphasizes |
continuity of Indigenous stories and presence
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creative resistance to colonialism ⓘ |
| field |
American literary criticism
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Indigenous studies ⓘ Native American studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
literary and cultural representations of Native Americans
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narratives of survivance rather than victimry ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural theory
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent scholarship on Indigenous survivance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Indigenous representation
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Native American identity ⓘ Native American literature ⓘ colonial discourse ⓘ decolonization ⓘ narrative theory ⓘ postindian survivance ⓘ stereotypes of Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| notableFor |
articulation of postindian survivance
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critique of colonial narratives in North America ⓘ |
| proposes | active Indigenous presence in narrative ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | trickster discourse ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Gerald Vizenor’s broader body of theoretical work ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Native American studies
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postcolonial theory ⓘ postmodern theory ⓘ |
| usedIn |
university courses on Indigenous theory
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university courses on Native American literature ⓘ |
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