{"product_id":"9781611862980-self-determined-stories","title":"Self-Determined Stories","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book of its kind, \u003ci\u003eSelf-Determined Stories: The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature\u003c\/i\u003e reads Indigenous-authored YA—from school stories to speculative fiction— not only as a vital challenge to stereotypes but also as a rich intellectual resource for theorizing Indigenous sovereignty in the contemporary era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book of its kind, \u003ci\u003eSelf-Determined Stories: The Indigenous Reinvention of Young Adult Literature\u003c\/i\u003e reads Indigenous-authored YA—from school stories to speculative fiction— not only as a vital challenge to stereotypes but also as a rich intellectual resource for theorizing Indigenous sovereignty in the contemporary era. Building on scholarship from Indigenous studies, children’s literature, and cultural studies, Suhr-Sytsma delves deep in close readings of works by Sherman Alexie, Jeannette Armstrong, Joseph Bruchac, Drew Hayden Taylor, Susan Power, Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel. Together, Suhr-Sytsma contends, these works constitute a unique Indigenous YA genre. This genre radically revises typical YA conventions while offering a fresh portrayal of Indigenous self-determination and a fresh critique of multiculturalism, heteropatriarchy, and hybridity. This literature, moreover, imagines compelling alternative ways to navigate cultural dynamism, intersectionality, and alliance-formation. \u003ci\u003eSelf-Determined Stories\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers from a range of contexts to engage with Indigenous YA and convincingly demonstrates the centrality of Indigenous stories, Indigenous knowledge, and Indigenous people to the flourishing of everyone in every place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55418500710774,"sku":"9781611862980","price":23.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34338980.jpg?v=1748591125","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781611862980-self-determined-stories","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}