Research Article
BibTex RIS Cite

Zitkala-Sa’nın “Impressions of an Indian Childhood” (1921) Adlı Eserinde Yerli Kimliğin Çöküşü

Year 2024, Volume: 18 Issue: 1, 148 - 156, 30.06.2024
https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1393020

Abstract

Bu makale Beyaz dünyadaki asimilasyon beklentisi nedeniyle Kızılderili kimliğinin sosyal dağılma yollarını araştırmayı amaçlıyor. Amerikan toplum ve kültür içerisinde Kızılderili kimliğin entegre olmasını olumlu yorumlamak yerine, Kızılderili değerlerinin çözülmesi ve baskı altına alınması üzerinde durulacaktır. Çoğu zaman, iki veya daha fazla grubun değerleri, özellikle de Kızılderili ve Amerikan yaşam tarzların başarılı birleşimi, akademik çalışmaların ana konusu olmuştur. Fakat Kızılderili kimliğin sosyal dağılımına ve bozulması konusunda araştırma alanında bir eksiklik söz konusudur. Bu makale, Devon A. Mihesuah’ın uyarladığı dört yaşam evresini kullanarak Beyaz Amerikan kültürünün Kızılderili kimliği üzerindeki etkilerini, kimlik çatışmalarını ve çözümlerini analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu nedenle Zitkala-Sa’nın “Kızılderili Bir Çocukluğun İzlenimleri” (1921) adlı kısa öyküsü incelenecek ve Beyaz Amerikan kültürünün Kızılderili kimliği üzerindeki etkileri, kimlik çatışmaları ve çözümleri detaylı bir şekilde tartışılacaktır.

References

  • Brehm, V. (1996). “The Metamorphoses of an Ojibwa Manido.” American Literature, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 677-706. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2928134. Accessed 15 Jan. 2023.
  • Cross, W. E. (1991). Shades of Black: Diversity in African-American Identity. Temple University Press.
  • Du Bois, W. E. B. (1989). “Strivings of the Negro People,” Atlantic 80 (August 1897): 194; Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903; rpt., Penguin).
  • Fanon, F. (1952). Black Skin, White Masks. Grove Press.
  • Green, M. K. (1995). Issues in Native American Identity. Peter Lang.
  • Irving, W. (1985). Rip Van Winkle. Gregg Publishing Company.
  • Matar, N. (1999). Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery. Columbia University Press.
  • Mihesuah, D. A. (1999) “Introduction: Change, Destruction, and Renewal of Native American Cultures at the End of the Twentieth Century.” Duane Champagne ed. Contemporary Native American Cultural Issues. Walnut Creek, Rowman Altamira, pp. 13-31.
  • Mihesuah, D. A. (1996). “Commonality of Difference: American Indian Women and History.” American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 15-27. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1184938. Accessed 14 Jan. 2023.
  • Parham, T. A. (1989). “Cycles of Psychological Nigrescence.” The Counseling Psychologist, 17(2), 187-226. doi:10.1177/0011000089172001.
  • Root, M. P. P. (1990). “Resolving “Other” Status”: Women & Therapy, 9(1-2), 185-205. doi:10.1300/j015v09n01_11.
  • White, B. M. (1994). “Encounters with Spirits: Ojibwa and Dakota Theories about the French and Their Merchandise.” Ethnohistory, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 369-405. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/481831. Accessed 15 Jan. 2023.
  • Zitkala-Sa. (1921). “Impressions of an Indian Childhood”. American Indian Stories. Washington: Hayworth Publishing House, pp. 2-20, digital.library.upenn.edu/women/zitkala-sa/stories/stories.html#impressions. Accessed 1 Feb. 2021.

The Disintegration of Native Identity in Zitkala-Sa’s “Impressions of an Indian Childhood” (1921)

Year 2024, Volume: 18 Issue: 1, 148 - 156, 30.06.2024
https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1393020

Abstract

The article at hand aims to investigate the ways in which Indian identity disintegrates due to white acculturation. Rather than concentrating on a positive construction of Indianness as a result of white culture, the emphasis will be on the dissolution and oppression of Indian values. Most often, the process of successfully containing values from two or more groups, in particular Indian and American ways of living, has been the central issue in scholarly works. However, there seems to be a lack of insight in the field of investigating the breakdown of Indianness. Through the use of Devon A. Mihesuah’s adapted four life stages, it is thus the purpose of this paper to analyze Zitkala-Sa’s short story “Impressions of an Indian Childhood” (1921) so as to evaluate identity disintegration. The subsequent effects of cultural imposition will also be elaborated on as they seem essential in understanding identity conflicts and resolutions which are the prevalent themes in the autobiography.

References

  • Brehm, V. (1996). “The Metamorphoses of an Ojibwa Manido.” American Literature, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 677-706. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2928134. Accessed 15 Jan. 2023.
  • Cross, W. E. (1991). Shades of Black: Diversity in African-American Identity. Temple University Press.
  • Du Bois, W. E. B. (1989). “Strivings of the Negro People,” Atlantic 80 (August 1897): 194; Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903; rpt., Penguin).
  • Fanon, F. (1952). Black Skin, White Masks. Grove Press.
  • Green, M. K. (1995). Issues in Native American Identity. Peter Lang.
  • Irving, W. (1985). Rip Van Winkle. Gregg Publishing Company.
  • Matar, N. (1999). Turks, Moors, and Englishmen in the Age of Discovery. Columbia University Press.
  • Mihesuah, D. A. (1999) “Introduction: Change, Destruction, and Renewal of Native American Cultures at the End of the Twentieth Century.” Duane Champagne ed. Contemporary Native American Cultural Issues. Walnut Creek, Rowman Altamira, pp. 13-31.
  • Mihesuah, D. A. (1996). “Commonality of Difference: American Indian Women and History.” American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 15-27. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1184938. Accessed 14 Jan. 2023.
  • Parham, T. A. (1989). “Cycles of Psychological Nigrescence.” The Counseling Psychologist, 17(2), 187-226. doi:10.1177/0011000089172001.
  • Root, M. P. P. (1990). “Resolving “Other” Status”: Women & Therapy, 9(1-2), 185-205. doi:10.1300/j015v09n01_11.
  • White, B. M. (1994). “Encounters with Spirits: Ojibwa and Dakota Theories about the French and Their Merchandise.” Ethnohistory, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 369-405. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/481831. Accessed 15 Jan. 2023.
  • Zitkala-Sa. (1921). “Impressions of an Indian Childhood”. American Indian Stories. Washington: Hayworth Publishing House, pp. 2-20, digital.library.upenn.edu/women/zitkala-sa/stories/stories.html#impressions. Accessed 1 Feb. 2021.
There are 13 citations in total.

Details

Primary Language English
Subjects Literary Theory
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Sümeyye Öztürk 0000-0002-9255-7441

Publication Date June 30, 2024
Submission Date November 19, 2023
Acceptance Date May 24, 2024
Published in Issue Year 2024 Volume: 18 Issue: 1

Cite

APA Öztürk, S. (2024). The Disintegration of Native Identity in Zitkala-Sa’s “Impressions of an Indian Childhood” (1921). Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 18(1), 148-156. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1393020

Çankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
Genel Yayın Yönetmeni, Öğretmenler Caddesi No.14, 06530, Balgat, Ankara.
İletişim | Communication: e-mail: mkirca@gmail.com | mkirca@cankaya.edu.tr
Website: http://cujhss.cankaya.edu.tr/about-the-journal/
Basım | Printed and bound by Teknoart Digital Ofset Reklamcılık Matbaacılık İth. İhr.
San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. Cevizlidere Mahallesi 1288 Sokak No.1/1 Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
Çankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Dergisi ulusal ve uluslararası
araştırma ve derleme makalelerini yayımlayan uluslararası süreli bir yayındır. Yılda iki
kez yayımlanır (Haziran ve Aralık). Derginin yayın dili İngilizcedir.
Basım | Printed in Ankara
CUJHSS, ISSN 1309-6761
cujhss.cankaya.edu.tr