Narrative Remains

Articulating Indian Identities in the Repatriation Context

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7430488
AutoresGreg Johnson (0000-0002-0624-8221, University of Colorado System, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen47
Número3
Páginas480-506
Fecha de publicación2005-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417505000228
OpenAlexW2017766227
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas44

This article pursues two basic agendas. My primary purpose is to explore the contours of repatriation language as spoken by Native Americans directly participating in repatriation processes. To this end, I argue that a first step entails a critical assessment of the terms and assumptions by which repatriation discourse is framed by observers, participant observers included. Therefore, the first section of this article works toward a critical theory of repatriation discourse, with particular reference to religious language and narratives of identity. I make a case for approaching repatriation discourse as a rhetorical field. Questions I ask include: Who speaks? Under what constraints? With what possibilities? Addressing these questions, among others, I advocate an analytical approach to repatriation that is both specific and frank in exploring the ways group boundaries are shaped and reshaped through narrative

Repatriation · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philippine History and Culture · Rhetoric and Communication Studies