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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muszeika, Britta, author.

Series:

American studies (Munich, Germany) ; volume 307.

American studies (Munich, Germany), 0178-1987 ; volume 307

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Biography.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.

Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg, Germany : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2020]

Language Note:

Includes German summary.

Summary:

Since the 19th century indigenous writers have been challenging their missing cultural, political and literary invisibility. Yet, stereotypical misconceptions of the inferior Indian continue to exist. This study of reversal unfolds an unseen perspective of Native Americans in which they emerge as ethnographers of whiteness and indigeneity. Rereading the autobiographical accounts of Charles A. Eastman, Sarah Winnemucca and Zitkala-a results in a framework which allows us to reimagine native culture, while it simultaneously reverses and completes our understanding of white identity. This new approach investigates how these native writers create a counterimage of the Indians White Man, by creating their own study of races. By emerging as scholars of reversal avant la lettre, their works may additionally be read as testimonies of reconciliation.

Contents:

Cover

Titel

Imprint

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Table of Contents

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 Cliché

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- Ša's 'American Indian Stories' (1921)

4.2.1 Native American Residential Boarding Schools

4.2.2 Closing the Educational Gap

4.2.3 Zitkala Ša'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

6.2 Secondary Sources

German summary / Deutsche Zusammenfassung

Academic resume / Akademischer Lebenslauf

Backcover

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-290).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-8253-7941-8

978-3-8253-4712-3