tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post306609688475765456..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Native Americans in Some Recent American FantasiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-40978153282051163202008-06-25T11:29:00.000-05:002008-06-25T11:29:00.000-05:00You might try a new YA trilogy from HarperCollins,...You might try a new YA trilogy from HarperCollins, "Worldweavers", which has a strong Native American mythos base especially in the first book ("Gift of the Unmage") - it was a Cybils Award nominee this year. One reviewer specifically mentioned the "magic Negro" problem, and that it had been avoided in this book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-88004841019965559372008-06-21T18:40:00.000-05:002008-06-21T18:40:00.000-05:00The movie Poltergeist may be the most famous examp...The movie <I>Poltergeist</I> may be the most famous example of that premise, though I honestly don't remember how it turns out. <BR/><BR/>They all run the danger of the "magic Indian" trope, akin to what critics have called the "magic Negro" who appears in some movies to impart wisdom, power, and hipness to the white protagonist.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-86592827644649963252008-06-20T11:44:00.000-05:002008-06-20T11:44:00.000-05:00There's a whole sub-genre of horror fiction involv...There's a whole sub-genre of horror fiction involving American Indians and magic. The plots usually go something like this -<BR/><BR/>Centuries ago the Indians trap an ancient evil. Along come some white people who wake it up. Now it's up to an Indian who has turned his back on the ancient ways to rediscover his heritage and defeat the Bad Thing.<BR/><BR/>I've probably read a couple dozen of these, some good, most awful.David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.com