“Poetry [Film] = Anger × Imagination”: Intermediality, the Synthesis of Poetry and Film, and Cross- Cultural Belonging in Sherman Alexie’s The Business of Fancydancing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabine N. Meyer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter , 2019, pp. 36-73
Description
Cultural and artistic criticism piece; considers Alexie’s film as an adaptation and as a poetry film. Discusses artistic tools of referencing, trans media adaptation, and genre defiance; and considers the social and political statements made about identity formation, cross cultural relationships, and the centering of Indigenous narratives.