Global Perspectives on Indigenous Film and Literature

This edited volume comprehensively explores narrative survival in Indigenous film and literature, forging a literary and transitional approach to native writing. It navigates the evolution of Indigenous voices, spanning the oral tradition and literary forms from colonial times to the present. It covers a range of issues related to indigenous inequalities and diversities in film and literature. With chapters from global perspectives, including North America, Canada, New Zealand, and South Asia, it ensures an inclusive exploration of indigenous narratives. The diverse chapters address topics such as the aboriginal experience, residential school legacy, the invisible nation of Algonquins, tribal songs, decolonial futures, caste, survival narrative, trauma, and other marginalized groups such as low castes, linguistic minorities, and Adivasis (tribals). The book focuses on innovative concepts to understand the study of a particular indigenous group in isolation from others and more than the conventional comparative study of different indigenous groups. It deals with the challenges of achieving local indigenous rights and identities. It is a valuable resource for social science and humanities scholars, particularly for indigenous scholars, development professionals and administrators interested in the issues related to social diversity and indigeneity in a global setting.

Chapter 1: Tracing History, Politics, and the Aboriginal Experience: A Study Australian Aboriginal Films ‘Mabo’ (2012) & ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ (2002).- Chapter 2: Traumatizing Drama – Dramatizing Trauma: The Residential School Legacy in Kevin Loring’s Where the Blood Mixes and Drew Hayden Taylor’s God and the Indian.- Chapter 3: Showing the abandon of the Algonquins in The Invisible Nation.- Chapter 4: Musical and cultural interaction in tribal songs: A study of Paraja.- Chapter 5: World-Making in the Face of the Apocalypse: Slow Violence, Indigenous Resurgence, and the Vision of Decolonial Futures in Danis Goulet’s Night Raiders.- Representation of Caste in Film: Textual Analysis of ‘Seththumaan’.- Chapter 7: Tribal Representation: Survival Narrative in North American Native Literature.- I am not a nomad. I am a traveller: Trauma and Memory in Paradesi and Jai Bhim.

Amar Ramesh Wayal is an Assistant Professor of English at the School of Sciences and Humanities, VIT-AP University, Amravati, Andhra Pradesh. He earned his postgraduate course in Applied Research Studies from the University of Lethbridge, Canada, and completed his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at the Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. He is an ICSSR Scholar, Shastri Indo-Canadian Research Scholar, and Visiting Scholar at the University of Lethbridge, Canada. Dr. Wayal has delivered lectures at national and international platforms and actively collaborates with Indigenous communities and organizations in Canada and the USA. In recognition of his academic contributions, he serves as a reviewer and editorial board member for various international journals, reviewing interdisciplinary research across multiple fields. His works have been published in Sage, Palgrave Macmillan, Columbia University Press, Vernon Press, and the University of Lethbridge Press, with forthcoming publications in other esteemed journals. His research spans North American Native Studies, American Indian Rhetoric, First Nations Cultural Politics, Television Studies, Posthumanism, Tribal Governance, State-Tribal Relations, Comparative Literature, and Translation Studies. Currently, he is leading an ICSSR-funded research project titled “The Cyberpunk: Governance, Politics, and Security”, as well as working on several books and articles.

Anupama A. P. is an Assistant Professor of English in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the VIT-AP University, Amravati where she specializes in Film studies and literature, with an emphasis on Spectatorship Studies. She earned PhD from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy). She was awarded the Prof. M. P. Paul Prize, and the Prof. P. L. Mariam Memorial Endowment for securing the highest marks in BA and MA at the University level and was also designated as a UNESCO Sahapedia Research Fellow in 2017. She has done a mini project for UNESCO on the traditional folk art form of Tamil Nadu, Bommalattam (puppetry). She has directed and edited one documentary film “Bommalattam: Living with the Puppets”. Her research articles have appeared in Web of Science, Scopus, and UGC Care listed journals like Quarterly Review of Film and Video (Taylor and Francis), Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, IUP Journal of English Studies, Catalan Journal of Communication and Cultural Studies (Intellect), and Littcrit. Her chapters have appeared in the books published by Vernon Press, Columbia University Press, and Authorspress. Her research interests include semiotics, spatial studies in film, streaming platforms, cyberpunk, and cinematic experience. Currently, she is working on several articles, book chapters and an ICSSR funded project on “The Cyberpunk: Governance, Security, and Politics”.