This research examines the relationship between the attitudes of fictional writers and those of society toward American Indians from colonial America to the present. A content analysis was used to validate the hypothesis. In order to show changing attitudes and different schools of thought, this research was arranged into four time periods: "The Ethnocentric Conquerors," "The Ethnocentric Romantics," "The Ethnocentric Acculturationists," and "The Revisionists." The findings demonstrate that there is a close correlation between the attitudes of fictional authors and those of society during a given time period,
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663353 |
Date | 05 1900 |
Creators | Turnbull, Wynette Lois H. |
Contributors | Benson, Leonard G., Tanner, James T. F. |
Publisher | North Texas State University |
Source Sets | University of North Texas |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | iii, 87 leaves, Text |
Rights | Public, Turnbull, Wynette Lois H., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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