Not Far Away

Steve Beard

doi:10.5771/9780759113664

Summary

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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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2007
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7591-1118-9
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7591-1366-4
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 275
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1: The Real-life Adventures of Ima Pipiig No access Pages 5 - 10
2: Kool-Aid No access Pages 11 - 14
3: Solstice No access Pages 15 - 22
4: Indian Boarding School No access Pages 23 - 24
5: Not far Away No access Pages 25 - 42
6: Falcon Clan Meets Indian Boarding School No access Pages 43 - 46
7: Venn Diagrams (we are a Subset of America ...) No access Pages 47 - 52
8: Educating Ima No access Pages 53 - 66
9: Before I Offend Most of you, I Would Like to Thank you for Coming No access Pages 67 - 74
10: Turtle TV No access Pages 75 - 80
11: Public Education as a form of Media No access Pages 81 - 84
12: Racism 101 No access Pages 85 - 96
13: The Lecture they Want to Hear No access Pages 97 - 104
14: Sweetgrass No access Pages 105 - 110
15: The Play No access Pages 111 - 120
16: Creation Stories No access Pages 121 - 124
17: No, Wait—I Know a Part that Comes before the Beginning No access Pages 125 - 132
18: The Lore of the Turtle No access Pages 133 - 136
19: Book Reviews No access Pages 137 - 138
20: The Lars Nederstadt Holocaust Museum No access Pages 139 - 142
21: Men in Brown No access Pages 143 - 144
22: Why Ima Pipiig Did Not Vote No access Pages 145 - 158
23: Jim Crow—Culture of Convenience No access Pages 159 - 170
24: The Chair No access Pages 171 - 176
25: F-ed by the V-Monologues No access Pages 177 - 186
26: The Throw-away People No access Pages 187 - 194
27: Laughing Man No access Pages 195 - 200
28: I Wanna be a Delicacy No access Pages 201 - 214
29: Dead Horses, and How to Beat Them No access Pages 215 - 218
30: Toxins No access Pages 219 - 226
31: Gambling for Dollars No access Pages 227 - 236
32: Big Waldeau and Pork Patty No access Pages 237 - 246
33: Shiigawk No access Pages 247 - 256
34: On Warriors, Living and Dead No access Pages 257 - 260
35: The Shirt No access Pages 261 - 264
36: We did Not Come Over Here on the Mayflower No access Pages 265 - 268
37: The Ladies Sat There Patiently No access Pages 269 - 274
About the Author No access Pages 275 - 275