The Mythic Indian: The Native in French and Québécois Cultural Imaginaries charts a genealogy of French and Québécois visions of the Amerindian.

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James Boucher is an Assistant Professor of French at Rutgers University-Camden, USA, where he also serves as Director of French and Global Studies. His research focuses on Indigenous peoples, ecocriticism, and globalization.

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The Mythic Indian: The Native in French and Québécois Cultural Imaginaries charts a genealogy of French and Québécois visions of the Amerindian.

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Introduction: Mythmaking: How the West (Was) "Won"?

1. Mythic Origins and the Origins of Myth

2. Voltaire, La Condamine, and Buffon: Fabricating Fact and (Science) Fiction

3. The Vanishing Indian: Manifest and Imperial Destinies

4. Going Native: The Myth of Being Indian

5. Voices in Francophone Indigenous Literature: A History and Future of Native American Literature