A Post-Colonial Perspective on James Welch's "The Heartsong of Charging Elk"
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2002-09-01Author
Washburn, Franci
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Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, University of Kansas: http://www.indigenous.ku.edu
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Article
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Drawing upon the works of Franz Fanon, Homi Bhabha, and Edward W. Said, this essay examines the construction of the post-colonial colonized subject through the eyes of the colonizer in James Welch's The Heartsong of Charging Elk. Furthermore, this essay addresses the doubling or trebling of identity construction/erasure created when Welch moves the main character, Charging Elk, from the United States to France.
Citation
Indigenous Nations Journal, Volume 3, Number 2 (Fall, 2002), pp. 21-31
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