Papers presented at the Native in Literature conference held at the University of Lethbridge in 1985 Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Introduction, Thomas King Romantic nationalism and the image of Native People in contemporary English-Canadian literature, Margery Fee Imagining Natives: white perspectives on Native Peoples, Eli Mandel An intolerable burden of meaning: Native Peoples in white fiction, Gordon Johnston Fear and temptation: images of Indigenous Peoples in Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand literature, Terry Goldie Visions and revisions: contemporary writers and exploration accounts of Indigenous Peoples, Leslie Monkman Religious images of the non-whites in English-Canadian literature: Charles Gordon and Rudy Wiebe, Terrence Craig The Metis in the fiction of Margaret Laurence: from outcast to consort, Angelika Maeser-Lemieux Listening for the silence: Native women's traditional narratives, Barbara Godard Oral influences in contemporary Inuit literature, Robin McGrath The imposition of Western definitions of literature on Indian oral traditions, George L. Cornell Making faces: defiance and humour in Campbell's Halfbreed and Welch's "Winter in the blood", Kate Vangen Ti-Jean and the seven-headed dragon: instances of Native American assimilation of European folklore, Jarold Ramsey
