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: The University of British Columbia 2016
Subjects:
First Nations
Online Access:http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/187254
https://doi.org/10.14288/cl.v0i225.187254
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spelling ftubcjournals:oai:ojs.library.ubc.ca:article/187254 2023-05-15T16:15:35+02:00 Tom King's John Wayne: The Western in Green Grass, Running Water Deshaye, Joel 2016-04-25 application/pdf http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/187254 https://doi.org/10.14288/cl.v0i225.187254 eng eng The University of British Columbia http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/187254/189110 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/canlit/article/view/187254 doi:10.14288/cl.v0i225.187254 Copyright (c) 2016 Canadian Literature Canadian Literature; No. 225 (2015): Radio, Film, and Fiction; 66-80 0008-4360 10.14288/cl.v0i225 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article 2016 ftubcjournals https://doi.org/10.14288/cl.v0i225.187254 https://doi.org/10.14288/cl.v0i225 2023-01-04T07:49:06Z 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 novel link to films starring John Wayne, and Wayne's public persona and historical influence are contrasted with those of King. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Open Access Journal Hosting (University of British Columbia)
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description 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 novel link to films starring John Wayne, and Wayne's public persona and historical influence are contrasted with those of King.
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