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Sociology

Virginia Commonwealth University

Journal

2000

Identity

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[Review Of] John M. Coward. The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity In The Press, 1820-90, Cynthia R. Kasee Jan 2000

[Review Of] John M. Coward. The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity In The Press, 1820-90, Cynthia R. Kasee

Ethnic Studies Review

It will not come as news to people familiar with Native American history the role the print medium has played in costructing [constructing] public images of indigenous Americans. What is refreshing is the way in which Coward offers his insights on the matter. He has chosen the period of the United States' most feverish expansion into "the West," a time when newspapers and related print sources were most active in defining now-common stereotypes of both sides in the ensuing conflicts.


[Review Of] Wendy S. Hesford. Framing Identities: Autobiography And The Politics Of Pedagogy, Helen Lock Jan 2000

[Review Of] Wendy S. Hesford. Framing Identities: Autobiography And The Politics Of Pedagogy, Helen Lock

Ethnic Studies Review

Drawing on her experiences as a teacher of writing for six years at Oberlin College, Wendy S. Hesford in Framing Identities: Autobiography and the Politics of Pedagogy addresses important and timely questions, such as "How do historically marginalized groups expose the partiality and presumptions of institutional histories and truths through autobiographical acts?"(xx)