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Goldie skillfully reveals the ambivalence of white writers to indigenous culture through an examination of the stereotyping involved in the creation of the image of the "Other." The treacherous "redskin" and the "Indian maiden," embodiments of violence and sex, also evoke emotional signs of fear and temptation, of white repulsion from and attraction to the indigene and the land. Goldie suggests that white culture, deeply attracted to the impossible idea of becoming indigenous, either rejects native land claims and denies recognition of the original indigenes, or incorporates these claims into white assertions of native status. After comparing the works ... Read more
Goldie skillfully reveals the ambivalence of white writers to indigenous culture through an examination of the stereotyping involved in the creation of the image of the "Other." The treacherous "redskin" and the "Indian maiden," embodiments of violence and sex, also evoke emotional signs of fear and temptation, of white repulsion from and attraction to the indigene and the land. Goldie suggests that white culture, deeply attracted to the impossible idea of becoming indigenous, either rejects native land claims and denies recognition of the original indigenes, or incorporates these claims into white assertions of native status. After comparing the works ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773511026
SKU
V9780773511026
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Reviews for Fear and Temptation
"This wide-ranging study is learned and thorough ... Goldie's method is incisive and stimulating ... No one wishing to write in the future on the image of native people in Commonwealth literatures will be able to ignore Fear and Temptation. Its range of interest, wealth of material, and array of learning make it essential reading." Rowland Smith, English Studies in ... Read more