roseembolism (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
roseembolism) wrote2007-06-04 09:49 pm
roseembolism) wrote2007-06-04 09:49 pm
Does it count as a "What These People Need is a Honky" story...
...when it's the concept of a modern person catapulted into a fantasy world? How about the classic anime riff of "teenager/s catapulted into a fantasy world to save it?"
This is something of a spin off of this James Nicolle thread, which brought up the "What These People Need is a Honky" question. For those who don't want to click, the title refers to those stories that involve a person from a Western culture, who goes into a non-western culture, and ends up becoming king, high priest, etc. Think of such exercises in cultural superiority as Dances with Samurai, or the Last Wolf. I've been thinking about it, and I tend to think there's some difference, if only because the protagonists of the fantasy stories are generally invited into the other culture. But does it really make a difference when the Honky is there by invitation? Would "Red River" or Kanata Kara count in that category?
Any thoughts?
This is something of a spin off of this James Nicolle thread, which brought up the "What These People Need is a Honky" question. For those who don't want to click, the title refers to those stories that involve a person from a Western culture, who goes into a non-western culture, and ends up becoming king, high priest, etc. Think of such exercises in cultural superiority as Dances with Samurai, or the Last Wolf. I've been thinking about it, and I tend to think there's some difference, if only because the protagonists of the fantasy stories are generally invited into the other culture. But does it really make a difference when the Honky is there by invitation? Would "Red River" or Kanata Kara count in that category?
Any thoughts?
no subject
um, that's Snydersville, ma'am.
no subject