This essay examines four contemporary adolescent historical fictions featuring Pocahontas. It argues that three of the Pocahontas novels perpetuate whiteness ideologies through generic strategies. The fourth adolescent novel uses counter-storytelling methods to destabilize the white privilege found in the Pocahontas mythohistory and other Pocahontas narratives.
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