Cultural hegemony, identity, and the story of the Catawba Nation / by Jefferson Locke Fortner.
| Author/creator | Fortner, Jefferson Locke |
| Other author | Arnold, Ellen L. |
| Other author | East Carolina University. Department of English. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations |
| Publication Info | [Greenville, N.C.] : East Carolina University, 2012. |
| Description | 90 pages : illustrations, digital, PDF file |
| Supplemental Content | Access via ScholarShip |
| Subjects |
| Summary | The Catawba Indians, in order to maintain their own identity as an "other" culture, utilized a course of acceptance and collaboration with the Euro-American majority that came to surround them, while ultimately developing a dynamic use of "storytelling"--to establish their own "Living Culture," and to successfully cope with the challenges they faced versus the status quo of the dominant culture. After, necessarily, having to adapt to the realities of the new society, and setting a course for survival as a sub-culture within that society, the Catawbas have utilized these storytelling techniques to engage in such diverse venues as the Federal Court system--during their recent struggle to regain federal recognition as an American Indian Tribe--as well as the culture at large, in cases of performance in and reaction to the White, Eurocentric interpretation of their role in the overall culture. |
| General note | Presented to the faculty of the Department of English. |
| General note | Advisor: Ellen Arnold. |
| General note | Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 11, 2012). |
| Dissertation note | M.A. East Carolina University 2012. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |