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Michael A. Sheyahshe. Native Americans in Comic Books: A Critical Study. Jefferson, North Carolina. McFarland. 2008. vii + 215 pages, ill. $49.95. isbn 978-0-7864-3565-4
Michael A. Sheyahshe's Native Americans in Comic Books: A Critical Study is a substantively useful compendium of indigenous characters in comic books as seen through the perspective of a lover of comics who also is a member of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. In his preface, Sheyahshe explains that the study "centers on identifying particular stereotypes, generalizations, and misrepresentations that dominate the specific genre of comic books." In thirteen chapters, Sheyahshe charts the ways in which indigenous characters have been depicted in...