The Mythic Indian

The Native in French and Québécois Cultural Imaginaries
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-62595-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Transnational Indigenous Perspectives

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

Tracing an evolution of paradigms from the sixteenth century to present, it examines how the myths of the Noble, Ignoble, and Ecological Savage as well as the Vanishing Indian and Going Native inform a variety of discourses and ways of thinking about Amerindian cultures. By analyzing mythic depictions of the Native Figure that originate at first contacts, this book demonstrates that an inextricable link exists between discourses as disparate as literature and science.

This book will be of interest to scholars in French Studies, Francophone Studies, Indigenous Studies, Hemispheric Studies, Social Sciences, and Literary Studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boucher, James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.