Essays about: "native americans identity"

Found 5 essays containing the words native americans identity.

1. 1. Aesthetic injustice

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Jessica Rodarte; [2023]
   Keywords : Aesthetic injustice; potential aesthetic agents; testimonial aesthetic injustice; hermeneutical aesthetic injustice; aesthetic dysfunction.;

   Abstract :   I argue that talking about aesthetic injustice implies reflection about some failures on the exercise of aesthetic judgment due to mechanisms of oppression, which have a negative impact on the development of potential aesthetic agents.  I claim that mechanisms of oppression like aesthetic identity prejudice, oppression or lack of recognition of sensitivities, and aesthetic dysfunctionality in sites of enunciation continue undermining the degree of validation of potential aesthetic agents - who mostly belong to historical oppressed groups like women, black people, indigenous, native Americans, among others. READ MORE

3. 2. An Ecofeminist Reading of Louise Erdrich’s Novel Love Medicine

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Stina Tirén; [2021]
   Keywords : Native Americans; Oppression; Exploitation; U.S government; Nature; Native tribes; Ecofeminism; Interconnectedness; Indigenous people; Aboriginal people; Tribal culture;

   Abstract : Louise Erdrich's novel Love Medicine presents a variety of voices that depict thetruths of Chippewa life and how they as a group are victims of a society that authorizesoppression and domination. Studies show that Chippewa tribes have a close connectionto nature and with each other as people. READ MORE

4. 3. Transcultural Zone: Hybridity and Frontier Theory in Callahan’s Wynema: A Child of the Forest.

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

   Author : Caroline Browé; [2015]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The terms “Indian” and “Native American” do not only signify the indigenous peoples of America, but also includes stereotypical features and descriptions that are created by the Euro-Americans. The aim of this essay is to investigates what Indian identity is in Alice Callahan’s novel Wynema: A Child of the Forest (1981), and whether it promotes Indian stereotype or not. READ MORE

5. 4. Racial Conflict in the United States of America : A Deconstructive Perspective on Native Speaker by Changrae Lee

   University essay from Engelska

   Author : Amin Beiranvand; [2010]
   Keywords : Racial conflict; mistreatment of immigrants; Deconstruction; Korean Americans and African Americans;

   Abstract : Written about the time of the Golden Venture incident, Chang-rae Lee’s Native Speaker makes a particular reference to that incident, whereby implying that particular immigrants, on the grounds of their racial identities, are mistreated and considered as aliens by some Americas. While some whites discriminate against immigrants, there is widespread ethnic tension between Korean Americans and African Americans. READ MORE

6. 5. The Resurgence of Native American Identity. A case study of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Johan Holm; [2006]
   Keywords : Ethnic renewal; Ethnicity Ethnic Identity; Native American; Martha s Vineyard; Wampanoag; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the resurgence of Native American identity. Scholars have observed a dramatic increase of people identifying themselves as Native Americans over the past forty years in the decennial US Census. READ MORE