The Mythic Indian - The Native in French and Québécois Cultural Imaginaries

The Mythic Indian: The Native in French and Québécois Cultural Imaginaries



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English | 2024 | ISBN: 9781032638751 | 229 pages | True PDF | 2.09 MB

The Mythic Indian: The Native in French and Québécois Cultural Imaginaries charts a genealogy of French and Québécois visions of the Amerindian.

Tracing an evolution of paradigms from the sixteenth century to present, it examines how the myths of the Noble, Ignoble, and Ecological Savage as well as the Vanishing Indian and Going Native inform a variety of discourses and ways of thinking about Québécois culture. By analyzing mythic depictions of the Native Figure that originate at first contacts, this book demonstrates that an inextricable link exists between discourses as disparate as literature and science.