By Karlee and Melanie Stereotypes 2 Categories Negative Dirty drunk cruel warring savages Romantic Glorified noble naïve hot warrior Childrens Literature False image American Indians are extinct ID: 255764
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Overcoming Stereotypes in Literature
By Karlee and MelanieSlide2
Stereotypes
2 Categories:Negative
Dirty, drunk, cruel, warring savages
Romantic
Glorified, noble, naïve, “hot warrior”Slide3
Children’s Literature
False image: American Indians are extinct
Sense of nostalgia
Teachers use literature with stereotypes to teach Am. Indian cultureSlide4
ExamplesSlide5
Examples (cont.)Slide6
Adolescent Literature
Confirms stereotypes learned in childhood
As with all stereotypes, often not recognized
Dominant culture doubts prevalenceSlide7
Any doubt?Slide8
Am. Indian stereotypes in Twilight
American Indians (
Quileutte
)
Males: sexually attractive, quick to anger, dangerousFemales: 3 appear in novels—one was plain, one was obnoxious, and one had been beautiful before being mauled by her boyfriend
All have “russet” skin and “flashing black eyes.”
Interracial romance
Jacob loves Bella, who uses him and eventually chooses the white vampire Edward
Jacob has no interest in other
Quileutte
females
Indigenous vampires from AmazonSlide9
“ ‘Carlisle,’ the
taller of the two very tall ferine women greeted him when they arrived. Both of them seemed as if they’d been stretched – long arms and legs, long fingers, long black braids, and long faces with long noses. They wore nothing but animal skins – hide vests and tight fitting pants that laced on the sides with leather ties. It wasn’t just their eccentric clothes that made them seem wild, but everything about them, from their restless crimson eyes to their sudden, darting movements. I’d never met any vampires less civilized
.”Slide10
American Indian Authors: Combating Stereotypes
AwarenessMajority of society is unaware of American Indian problems
American Indian authors create awareness when they write about American Indian issues
Realistic characters
Experience circumstances unique to American Indian youth
Have problems common to all adolescentsSlide11
American Indian Authors: Combating Stereotypes
Coming of age stories
Perma
Red—explains role Euro-Americans have played in current American Indian situation
Fools Crow—juxtaposition of Fools Crow and Fast Horse, consequences of their actionsSlide12
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Red
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.
Breaking Dawn
. New York: Little, Brown, 2008. Print.
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Fools Crow
. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Penguin, 1987. Print.