Patricia Schechter
Biographic Data
| ID | 1627075 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia Schechter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia |
| FAMILY NAME | Schechter |
| SIGNATURE | SCHECHTER P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Portland State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A history of colonial inscription
This essay examines archival materials about the mock wedding staged to commemorate the creation of the State of Oklahoma in November 1907 in the town of Guthrie. It suggests that ‘The Wedding’ performs a number of ideological moves in establishing settler common sense for the state and for the nation. Most obviously, it updates the ‘Pocahontas marriage’, a founding myth of the United States from the seventeenth century, adapting it to modern col…
For freedom's sake
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For freedom's sake
A history of colonial inscription
This essay examines archival materials about the mock wedding staged to commemorate the creation of the State of Oklahoma in November 1907 in the town of Guthrie. It suggests that ‘The Wedding’ performs a number of ideological moves in establishing settler common sense for the state and for the nation. Most obviously, it updates the ‘Pocahontas marriage’, a founding myth of the United States from the seventeenth century, adapting it to modern col…
Art (2 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (1 works) · Canadian Identity and History (1 works) · Classics (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works) · History (1 works) · Ideology (1 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (1 works)