num_pages: 216
description: Why is there no Native woman David Sedaris? Or Native Anne Lamott? Humor categories in publishing are packed with books by funny women and humorous sociocultural-political commentarybut no Native women. There are presumably more important concerns in Indian Country. More important than humor? Among the Din/Navajo a ceremony is held in honor of a babys first laugh. While the context is different it nonetheless reminds us that laughter is precious even sacred.Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheeses is a powerful and compelling collection of Tiffany Midges musings on life politics and identity as a Native woman in America. Artfully blending sly humor social commentary and meditations on love and loss Midge weaves short stand-alone musings into a memoir that stares down colonialism while chastising hipsters for abusing pumpkin spice. She explains why she does not like pussy hats mercilessly dismantles pretendians and confesses her own struggles with white-bread privilege. Midge goes on to ponder Standing Rock feminism and a tweeting president all while exploring her own complex identity and the loss of her mother. Employing humor as an act of resistance these slices of life and matchless takes on urban-Indigenous identity disrupt the colonial narrative and provide commentary on popular culture media feminism and the complications of identity race and politics. 
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title: Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's
publisher: Bison Books