Murder On The Reservation. American Indian Crime Fiction

Cover Type: Paper Back
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: The University Of Winsconsin Press
Publisher Place: Madison
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: First Edition

Description: 289 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. The First Book-length Study Of The Entire Canon Of Crime Fiction Both By And About Native Americans.

Publishers Description: In Murder on the Reservation, Ray B. Browne surveys the work of several of the best-known writers of crime fiction involving Indian characters and references virtually every book that qualifies as an Indian-related mystery. He places this genre within the tradition of crime fiction in general, a powerful democratizing force in American society. All people are equal under the horizontal barrel of the loaded gun, and Indians are increasingly playing an important role. Some of this Indian fiction is intended to right the wrongs the authors feel have been leveled against Indians - ""paying back"" as they call it. Other authors use Indian lore and Indian locales as exotic elements and locations for the entertaining and commercially successful stories they want to write.

ISBN: 0299196143