Self-Determined Stories: The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature by Suhr-Sytsma, Mandy

Self-Determined Stories: The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature

The first book of its kind, Self-Determined Stories: The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature reads Indigenous-authored...
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Author: Mandy Suhr-Sytsma
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Self-Determined Stories: The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature by Suhr-Sytsma, Mandy

Self-Determined Stories: The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature

$79.13

Self-Determined Stories: The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature

$79.13
Author: Mandy Suhr-Sytsma
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The first book of its kind, Self-Determined Stories: The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature reads Indigenous-authored YA--from school stories to speculative fiction-- not only as a vital challenge to stereotypes but also as a rich intellectual resource for theorizing Indigenous sovereignty in the contemporary era. Building on scholarship from Indigenous studies, children's literature, and cultural studies, Suhr-Sytsma delves deep in close readings of works by Sherman Alexie, Jeannette Armstrong, Joseph Bruchac, Drew Hayden Taylor, Susan Power, Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel. Together, Suhr-Sytsma contends, these works constitute a unique Indigenous YA genre. This genre radically revises typical YA conventions while offering a fresh portrayal of Indigenous self-determination and a fresh critique of multiculturalism, heteropatriarchy, and hybridity. This literature, moreover, imagines compelling alternative ways to navigate cultural dynamism, intersectionality, and alliance-formation. Self-Determined Stories invites readers from a range of contexts to engage with Indigenous YA and convincingly demonstrates the centrality of Indigenous stories, Indigenous knowledge, and Indigenous people to the flourishing of everyone in every place.


Author: Mandy Suhr-Sytsma
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 11/01/2018
Pages: 226
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781611862980

About the Author
MANDY SUHR-SYTSMA teaches in the Department of English and directs the Emory Writing Center at Emory University in Atlanta.



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