What is it about?
The article looks at the representation of Native American peoples and cultures in a selection of horror stories written by White Euro-American authors. Apart from recycling several ethnic stereotypes, horror fiction tends to present creatures from Native stories, Native burial grounds, and vengeful shamans as a source of threat for modern Americans. Such representation taps into colonial fear of Indians as the evil Other and fear of their retribution for colonial crimes.
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Why is it important?
It is necessary to identify literary practices which continue to diminish, marginalize, and demonize Native Americans.
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This page is a summary of: For fear of the Other: Simulation of Indigenous presence in horror fiction, Horror Studies, April 2023, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/host_00065_1.
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