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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.

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Author:   Mandy Suhr-Sytsma
Publisher:   Michigan State University Press
Imprint:   Michigan State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781611862980

ISBN 10:   1611862981
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   01 November 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. A Rebel with a Community, Not Just a Cause: Revising YA Power Dynamics and Uniquely Representing Indigenous Sovereignty in Jeannette Armstrong’s Slash Chapter Two. Indigenous School Stories: Alternatives to Multiculturalism in Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Joseph Bruchac’s The Heart of a Chief Chapter Three. Not Your Father’s Pocahontas: Cynthia Leitich Smith’s and Susan Power’s Resistive Romance Chapter Four. That’s One Story : Reworking Hybridity through Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel’s and Drew Hayden Taylor’s Speculative Fiction Coda. Alexie’s Flight, Zobel’s Wabanaki Blues, and the Future of Indigenous YA Literature Notes Works Cited Index

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

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