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Clarifying Blackness in Anglo-Native Fictions: Tom Spanbauer’s Cross-Ethnic Borrowings
- Canadian Review of American Studies
- University of Toronto Press
- Volume 40, Number 2, 2010
- pp. 235-258
- 10.1353/crv.2010.0005
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Anglo writer Tom Spanbauer’s The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon (1991) and American-Indian author Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues (1995) illustrate how contemporary multicultural literature uses Jim Crow figures as reference points for sorting intricate social lines among other ethnic groups. Spanbauer also illustrates the related dangers of cross-ethnic pilfering.
The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon (1991) de l’écrivain anglophone Tom Spanbauer et Reservation Blues (1995) de l’auteur amérindien Sherman Alexie illustrent comment la littérature multiculturelle contemporaine utilise les chiffres sur Jim Crow comme points de référence pour trier les classes sociales complexes chez d’autres groupes ethniques. Spanbauer illustre aussi les dangers liés à l’appropriation d’autres groupes ethniques.
