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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Di Maio, Irene S. |
| Title, Analytic | Borders of culture: The native American in Friedrich Gerstaecker's North American narratives |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 1993 |
| Volume ID | 28 |
| Location in Work | 53-75 |
| Abstract | Many of the issues Gerstaecker discusses, recurrent themes of the European's or white American's portrayal of the Native American, are controversial insofar as they have hardened into stereotypes. Although his sympathies lay with the Indians, he was convinced that American greed, the inevitability of progress, and/or the inability of the Indians to adapt to new ways of life would wipe them from the face of the earth. Today, native American critics consider the image of "the vanishing American" to be a stereotype with political implications. In his fictions Gerstaecker often points the way out of the dilemma by creating Indian figures who resist, rebell, and reaffirm their cultural identity. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Gerstaecker, Friedrich, 1816-1872/ Literary criticism/ Native Americans/ Ethnic identity/ National characteristics, American -- Public opinion, German/ America in German literature |