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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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Paula Gunn Allen NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores community and isolation
role of traditional stories in personal identity
tension between Euro-American and Indigenous worldviews
focusesOn a Native American woman’s psychological journey
intersection of gender, sexuality, and Indigeneity
genre Native American literature
feminist literature
lesbian fiction
magic realism
novel
hasAuthorBackground Paula Gunn Allen is a Laguna Pueblo and Sioux-descended writer NERFINISHED
incorporates Laguna Pueblo stories
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
colonialism and its effects on Indigenous women
cultural alienation
feminism
healing and self-discovery
lesbian identity
spirituality

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Paula Gunn Allen notableWork The Woman Who Owned the Shadows