Approaching whiteness : acknowledging native Americans as scholars of reversal in 19th century autobiographical writings / Britta Muszeika.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muszeika, Britta, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

American studies (Munich, Germany) ; v. 307.

American studies, 0178-1987 ; volume 307

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Biography.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.

Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 292 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2020]

Language Note:

Includes German summary.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

1.1. "The White Man's Indian"

1.1.1. "The Indian and the White Other"

1.1.2. Along the Stony Road towards Reconciliation

1.1.3. Redefining a Myth

Embedding Reconciliation in Education

1.2. Reversing the Gaze

"The Indian's White Man"

1.2.1. Indigenous Testimonies

On the Trails of the White Man

1.3. Scholars of Reversal avant la lettre

2. The Emergence of the Color White

2.1. Historical Development

Creating a Myth

2.2. The Invisible White Man

2.3. Using White Ink

Native American Literary Transparency

2.3.1. Authentic Voices

the Writing "Indians"

3. Theoretical Framework

Critical Race Theory (Tribal Critical Race Theory) and Whiteness Studies

3.1. Understanding Race

Manifold Perspectives

3.2. Resisting the Cliche

4. The Voice of Color

4.1. A Rereading of Sarah Winnemucca's Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims (1883)

4.1.1. "My White Brothers Have Come at Last!"

4.1.2. Approaching and Understanding White Culture

4.1.3. Collecting Experiences

Encountering the White Man

4.1.4. Winnemucca and the Indian Agents

4.1.5. Winnemucca and the Military

4.2. A Rereading of Zitkala - Sa's American Indian Stories (1921)

4.2.1. Native American Residential Boarding Schools

4.2.2. Closing the Educational Gap

4.2.3. Zitkala Sa's Counterstory

4.2.4. The White Man's Land of Milk and Honey

4.3. A Rereading of Charles Alexander Eastman's Indian Boyhood (1902) and From the Deep Woods to Civilization (1916)

4.3.1. Into the Woods

Discovering Native American Territory

4.3.2. The Mysterious "Pale-Faces"

4.3.3. Towards Civilization

Embracing White Culture

5. Conclusion

6. Works Cited

6.1. Primary Sources.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral---Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-290).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783825347123

3825347125

OCLC:

1191808664

Publisher Number:

99988614582

9783825347123