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"The same damn stories": exploring a variation on tradition in Sherman Alexie's 'The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven'

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This article challenges the notion that Sherman Alexie's 'The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven' can be considered folklore. The author argues that the work is not folklore, as is widely considered among folklorists, but a body of literature much more complicated, transcending the boundaries of what constitutes folklore and Native American oral tradition.

Author: McGrath, Jacqueline L.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication Name: Southern Folklore
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0899-594X
Year: 2000
Portrayals, Native Americans, Native North Americans, Folklore, Culture, Alexie, Sherman, Native American authors, Native American writers

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A sense of place or a sense of self: personal narratives and the construction of personal and regional identity

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A comparison is made between the role of the individual and the role of locale in the creation of folklore and cultural history. Topics include the generalized truth inherent in fictionalization and the relaying of imagination as a valid personal response to circumstances.

Author: Wilson, William A.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication Name: Southern Folklore
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0899-594X
Year: 2000
Regionalism, Regionalism in literature, Point of view (Literature)

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Transformative re-membering: de-scribing the unspeakable in battered women's narratives

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An exploration is presented on interpreting the gaps in abused women's personal narratives and their symbolic importance in folkloric storytelling. Topics include narrative gaps as both mental-emotional voids and as generative spaces for personal redefinition.

Author: Lawless, Elaine F.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Publication Name: Southern Folklore
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0899-594X
Year: 2000
Psychological aspects, Abused women, Storytelling, Narration (Rhetoric), Narration

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Subjects list: United States, Criticism and interpretation, Literature, Critical Essay, First person narrative
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