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Not Far Away: The Real-life Adventures of Ima Pipiig

Not Far Away: The Real-life Adventures of Ima Pipiig

Beard, Steve

Hardcover

Series: Contemporary Native American Communities

General Fiction

ISBN10: 0759111189
ISBN13: 9780759111189
Publisher: Altamira Press
Published: Sep 21 2007
Pages: 282
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
In Not Far Away, a semi-fictional memoir, Lois Beardslee gives a chilling acount of racism, particularly that leveled against Native women, in language that is supple, evocative, often comical, and always incisive. Her fictional heroine, the teacher Ima Pipiig (pronounced buh-BEEG), endures humiliating insults from school administrators, fellow teachers, students, and callous neighbors. For years, she suffers in silence, believing that opposing bigotry would only fuel its caustic flames-but then she begins to speak out. Scattered among the chapters chronicling Ima's experiences are essays and speeches written by the author herself, blurring the line between fiction and fact and creating a kind of resounding echo of resistance that is the author's response to racism.

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