The Woman Who Owned the Shadows
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The Woman Who Owned the Shadows is a novel by Paula Gunn Allen that explores Native American identity, feminism, and spirituality through the story of a mixed-heritage Laguna Pueblo woman.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Woman Who Owned the Shadows canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Paula Gunn Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
community and isolation
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role of traditional stories in personal identity ⓘ tension between Euro-American and Indigenous worldviews ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
a Native American woman’s psychological journey
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intersection of gender, sexuality, and Indigeneity ⓘ |
| genre |
Native American literature
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feminist literature ⓘ lesbian fiction ⓘ magic realism ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorBackground | Paula Gunn Allen is a Laguna Pueblo and Sioux-descended writer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incorporates |
Laguna Pueblo stories
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myth and ritual ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Native American Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ephanie Atencio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | nonlinear ⓘ |
| notableFor | early representation of Native American lesbian protagonist ⓘ |
| protagonistHeritage | mixed-heritage Laguna Pueblo woman ⓘ |
| theme |
Native American identity
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colonialism and its effects on Indigenous women ⓘ cultural alienation ⓘ feminism ⓘ healing and self-discovery ⓘ lesbian identity ⓘ spirituality ⓘ |
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