Indigenous Rhetoric and Survival in the Nineteenth Century : a Yurok Woman Speaks Out / by Elizabeth Schleber Lowry.
Lowry, Elizabeth Schleber., author
2019
E171-E183.9
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Title Indigenous Rhetoric and Survival in the Nineteenth Century : a Yurok Woman Speaks Out / by Elizabeth Schleber Lowry.
Author Lowry, Elizabeth Schleber., author
ISBN 9783030002596
3030002594
9783030002589 (print)
3030002586
9783030002602 (print)
3030002608
9783030130985 (print)
3030130983
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00259-6
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (VII, 85 pages) : online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-00259-6 doi
10.1007/978-3-030-00
Call Number E171-E183.9
Dewey Decimal Classification 973
Summary In 1916, Lucy Thompson, an indigenous woman from Northwestern California, published To the American Indian: Reminiscences of a Yurok Woman. The first book to be published by a member of the California Yurok tribe, it offers an autobiographical view of the intricacies of life in the tribe at the dawn of the twentieth century, as well as a powerful critique of the colonial agenda. Elizabeth Schleber Lowry presents a rhetorical analysis of this iconic text, investigating how Thompson aimed to appeal to diverse audiences and constructed arguments that still resonate today. Placing Thompson's work in the context of nineteenth-century Native American rhetoric, Lowry argues that Thompson is a skillful rhetor who has much to teach us about our nation's violent past and how it continues to shape our culture and politics. In To the American Indian, Thompson challenges negative stereotypes about indigenous cultures and contrasts widespread Euroamerican abuse of natural resources with Yurok practices that once effectively maintained the region's ecological and social stability. As such, Thompson's text functions not only as a memoir, but also as a guide to sustainable living.
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1. Reminiscences
2. The Sacred and the Profane
3. "Christianizing" and "Indigenizing"
4. Wilderness and Civilization
5. Regeneration.

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