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Transnational Cinemas Volume 9, 2018 - Issue 1: Aporias of Foreignness: Transnational Encounters in Cinema. Guest Editors: Katarzyna Marciniak and Bruce Bennett
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‘As foreign as it gets’: indigenous immigrants, transnationality, and rage in Sherman Alexie’s The Business of Fancydancing

Katarzyna MarciniakDepartment of English, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 105-123 | Received 05 Apr 2018, Accepted 09 Apr 2018, Published online: 21 May 2018

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Filmography

  • Alexie, Sherman, dir. 2002a. The Business of Fancydancing . USA: FallsApart Productions.
  • Alexie, Sherman, dir. 2002b. Sherman's Sandbox: Behind the Scenes . USA: FallsApart Productions.
  • Costner, Kevin, dir . 1990. Dances with Wolves. USA/UK: Tig Productions/Majestic Films International/Allied Filmmakers.
  • Eyre, Chris, dir . 1998. Smoke Signals. USA: ShadowCatcher Entertainment and Web Film Pursuits Ltd.
  • Heredia, Paula and Coco Fusco, dir. 1993. The Couple in the Cage: a Guatianaui Odyssey. USA: Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia/Authentic Documentary Productions.

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