Modernity, World War I, and Appropriations of the Colonial Gaze in John Joseph Mathews’ Sundown
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914570 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karsten H Piep (0000-0003-1930-9027, Union Institute & University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 348-363 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17526272.2018.1427382 |
| OpenAlex | W2793747742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
Approximately 12,000 American Indians served in the armed forces of the United States during World War I, yet very few of them turned their experiences into memoirs, fictions, or poetry. A notable exception is John Joseph Mathews, whose acclaimed 1934 novel, Sundown, provides rare glimpses into the multifaceted and conflicted Great War experiences of Native Americans in general and a young Osage aviator in particular. Written during the early 1930s, as the Bonus March briefly revived America’s cultural memory of the First World War, Sundown defies long-held stereotypes about Native Americans and explodes the myth of the ‘Vanishing Indian.’ Before the backdrop of the encroachment of white settlers and ruthless speculators on the oil-rich Osage reservation, Sundown depicts its protagonist’s attempts to navigate a modern world that is marked by radical technological developments and social shifts
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Colonialism · Literature · Manifest destiny · Memoir · Modernity · Mythology · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · White (mutation · World War II · American History and Culture · Classics · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |