The truth about stories

Description:

"In The Truth About Stories, Native novelist and scholar Thomas King explores how stories shape who we are and how we understand and interact with other people. From creation stories to personal experiences, historical anecdotes to social injustices, racist propaganda to works of contemporary Native literature, King probes Native culture's deep ties to storytelling." "Thomas King weaves events from his own life, as a child in California, an academic in Canada, and a Native North American, with a wide-ranging discussion of stories told by and about Indians." "That imaginative Indian that North Americans hold dear has been challenged by Native writers - N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, Louis Owens, Robert Alexie, and others - who provide alternative narratives of the Native experience that question a past, create a present, and imagine a future. King reminds the reader, Native and non-Native, that storytelling carries with it social and moral responsibilities."--Jacket.

subjects: Ethnic identity,  Indian authors,  Indians of North America,  Canadian Authors,  Indians in popular culture,  Public opinion,  Authors, Canadian,  Biography,  Authors, indic,  Public opinion, united states,  Authors, Canadian (English),  Écrivains canadiens-anglais,  Biographies,  Indiens d'Amérique,  Identité ethnique,  Indiens d'Amérique dans la culture populaire,  Opinion publique,  Écrivains indiens d'Amérique,  Literatur,  Englisch,  Indianer,  Ecrivains canadiens-anglais,  Indiens d'Amerique,  Identite? ethnique,  Indiens d'Amerique dans la culture populaire,  Ecrivains indiens d'Amerique

People: Thomas King (1943-)

Places: Canada,  North America

Times: 20th century