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Author Spiers, Miriam C. Brown, author

Title Encountering the sovereign other : indigenous science fiction / Miriam C. Brown Spiers
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xl, 143 pages)
Series American Indian studies series
American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.)
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
Summary "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 Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Miriam C. Brown Spiers is an assistant professor of English and interdisciplinary studies at Kennesaw State University
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 14, 2023)
Subject Science fiction, American -- Indian authors -- History and criticism
American fiction -- Indian authors -- History and criticism
American fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
Indians in literature.
Science fiction, American -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Science fiction, American
Indians in literature
American fiction -- Indian authors
American fiction
Genre/Form Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781609176808
1609176804
9781628954470
1628954477