Crossbloods: Bone Courts, Bingo, and Other Reports

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"Crossbloods: Bone Courts, Bingo, and Other Reports" is a collection of innovative short fiction by Native American writer Gerald Vizenor that blends satire, trickster discourse, and experimental narrative to explore mixed-blood identity and contemporary Indigenous experience.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
author Gerald Vizenor NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresConcept colonialism
cultural survivance
legal systems affecting Native Americans
reservation life
tribal sovereignty
urban Native experience
featuresMotif courts and legal hearings
gambling and bingo
trickster figure
focusesOn Native American characters
genre Native American literature
experimental fiction
short fiction
hasCulturalContext Native American communities in the United States
Ojibwe NERFINISHED
hasForm linked stories
short stories
intendedAudience adult readers
language English
literaryMovement Native American Renaissance NERFINISHED
literarySignificance exploration of mixed-blood identity in contemporary Indigenous literature
innovative use of trickster discourse in Native American fiction
literaryStyle postmodern narrative
satire
trickster discourse
mainTheme contemporary Indigenous experience
mixed-blood identity
usesNarrativeTechnique irony
metafiction
nonlinear narrative

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Gerald Vizenor notableWork Crossbloods: Bone Courts, Bingo, and Other Reports