The Trickster of Liberty

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The Trickster of Liberty is a postmodern Native American novel by Gerald Vizenor that blends satire, tribal storytelling, and trickster mythology to challenge conventional narratives of history and identity.

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instanceOf Native American literature work
novel
associatedWithAuthor Gerald Vizenor’s trickster cycle
author Gerald Vizenor NERFINISHED
centralCharacterType trickster figure
centralTheme Native American identity
critique of conventional historical narratives
cultural survivance
trickster discourse
challenges conventional narratives of history
fixed notions of identity
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre Native American literature
postmodern literature
satirical fiction
hasEthnicPerspective Native American NERFINISHED
incorporates mythic motifs
tribal oral traditions
language English
literaryMovement postmodernism
literaryStyle experimental prose
metafictional elements
narrativeMode multiple perspectives
nonlinear narrative
subjectMatter colonialism and its legacies
representation of Native peoples in American culture
usesNarrativeTechnique satire
tribal storytelling
trickster mythology

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Gerald Vizenor notableWork The Trickster of Liberty