"Next Time, Just Remember the Story": Unlearning Empire in Silko's "Ceremony"

Autor/in	Akins, Adrienne
Titel	"Next Time, Just Remember the Story": Unlearning Empire in Silko's "Ceremony"
Quelle	In: Studies in American Indian Literatures, 24 (2012) 1, S.1-14 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0730-3238
Schlagwörter	Educational History; American Indians; American Indian Education; Power Structure; American Indian Culture; Novels; Social Attitudes; Social Bias; Acculturation; Cultural Maintenance; Indigenous Knowledge; United States History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; American Indian; Indianer; Novel; Roman; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Akkulturation
Abstract	In this article, the author discusses the unlearning empire in Leslie Marmon Silko's novel titled "Ceremony." "Ceremony' has received a wealth of critical attention. A number of scholars have identified the novel's treatment of education as a colonizing force used by the white American power structure to coerce assimilation of American Indians. Silko's work emphasizes the importance of preserving the wisdom of the past while meeting the changes of the contemporary world. Her characterizations of Josiah, Betonie, and Aunt Susie all offer profound lessons in the valuable role that cultural memory can play in unlearning empire. By including the lessons of American Indians in the reconsideration of American educational history and identity, "Ceremony" challenges Western hegemonic claims to knowledge and allows for the possibility of a new future in education. (Contains 5 notes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10