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Moving Encounters
Laura L. Mielke
其他書名
Sympathy and the Indian Question in Antebellum Literature
出版University of Massachusetts Press, 2008
主題History / Indigenous Peoples in the AmericasHistory / United States / 19th CenturyLiterary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / American / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Indigenous Peoples in the AmericasSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies
ISBN15584963009781558496309
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HWMfAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋At the same time, the emphasis on Indian-white sympathy provided an opportunity for Indians and non-Native activists to voice an alternative to removal and acculturation, turning the language of a sentimental U.S. culture against its own imperial impulse. Mielke details not only how such writers as James Fenimore Cooper and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft forecast the inevitable demise of Indian-white sympathy, but also how authors like Lydia Maria Child and William Apess insisted that a language of feeling could be used to create shared community or defend American Indian sovereignty. In this way, Moving Encounters sheds new light on a wide range of texts concerning the “Indian Question” by emphasizing their engagement with popular sentimental forms and by challenging the commonly held belief that all Euro-American expressions of sympathy for American Indians in this period were fundamentally insincere. While portraits of Indian-white sympathy often prompted cynical rejoinders from parodists, many never lost faith in the power of emotion to overcome the greed and prejudice fueling the dispossession of American Indians."--pub. website desc.