The truth about stories
About this book
"In The Truth About Stories, Native novelist and scholar Thomas King explores how stories shape who we are and how we understand and interact with other people. From creation stories to personal experiences, historical anecdotes to social injustices, racist propaganda to works of contemporary Native literature, King probes Native culture's deep ties to storytelling." "Thomas King weaves events from his own life, as a child in California, an academic in Canada, and a Native North American, with a wide-ranging discussion of stories told by and about Indians." "That imaginative Indian that North Americans hold dear has been challenged by Native writers - N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Louis Owens, Robert Alexie, and others - who provide alternative narratives of the Native experience that question a past, create a present, and imagine a future. King reminds the reader, Native and non-Native, that storytelling carries with it social and moral responsibilities."--Jacket.
Subjects
- authors, canadian
- authors, canadian (english)
- authors, indic
- biographies
- biography
- canadian authors
- ecrivains canadiens-anglais
- écrivains canadiens-anglais
- ecrivains indiens d'amerique
- écrivains indiens d'amérique
- englisch
- ethnic identity
- identite? ethnique
- identité ethnique
- indian authors
- indianer
- indians in popular culture
- indians of north america
- indiens d'amerique
- indiens d'amérique
- indiens d'amerique dans la culture populaire
- indiens d'amérique dans la culture populaire
- literatur
- opinion publique
- public opinion
- public opinion, united states