Not Exactly: Intertextual Identities and Risky Laughter in Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian does not exactly fit theories of reading, identity, and authenticity often cited in scholarship on children’s literature by and about Native Americans. Examining the novel’s multiple intertextual identities and the risky laughter of El...

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Published in:Children's literature (Storrs, Conn.) Conn.), 2012, Vol.40 (1), p.49-77
Main Author: Kertzer, Adrienne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent Literature
Alexie, Sherman (1966- )
American literature
Children & youth
Childrens literature
Critical Literacy
Diaries
Essays
Intertextuality
Keresiouan languages
Language Arts
Laughter
Narratives
Native literature
Native North Americans
Novels
Postcolonialism
Reading
Self Actualization
Standardized Tests
Stereotypes
Tribes
Writers
Young Adults
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Summary:Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian does not exactly fit theories of reading, identity, and authenticity often cited in scholarship on children’s literature by and about Native Americans. Examining the novel’s multiple intertextual identities and the risky laughter of Ellen Forney’s illustrations, I situate its radical potential in Thomas King’s theory of reading.
ISSN:0092-8208
1543-3374
1543-3374
DOI:10.1353/chl.2012.0023