Tom King's John Wayne: The Western in Green Grass, Running Water ...

This essay argues that Thomas King's novel Green Grass, Running Water contains a fictionalized killing of the American movie star John Wayne to critique the influence of popular culture on historical understandings of the First Nations and Native Americans. Intertextual interpretations of the n...

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Main Author: Deshaye, Joel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Literature 2016
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/cl.v0i225.187254
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