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A World without Fathers: Patriarchy, Colonialism, and the Male Creator in Northwest Tribal Narratives

A World without Fathers: Patriarchy, Colonialism, and the Male Creator in Northwest Tribal... A World without Fathers Patriarchy, Colonialism, and the Male Creator in Northwest Tribal Narratives Robyn Johnson . . . I realize this cannot be heaven. All these old-time Indians are doomed . . . All of them are going to start drinking booze. And their children will drink booze. And their grandchildren and great- grandchildren will drink booze. And one of those great grand- children will grow up to be my real father . . . Th e one who abandoned my mother and me . . . Th at's what's going to happen to me . . . It makes me angry. I want to spit and kick and punch and slap. I want to cry and sing, but I cannot use my voice. —Sherman Alexie, Flight: A Novel, 66–67 One of the more puzzling and disconcerting features of recent American Indian fi ction is the veritable disappearance of nurturing father fi gures within American Indian families. Indeed, over the years, their disap- pearance has oft en been stereotypically associated with absence: an ap- parent willingness of American Indian men to divorce themselves from their inherent responsibilities as fathers. Th us, they eschew the social practices of childrearing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Indian Quarterly University of Nebraska Press

A World without Fathers: Patriarchy, Colonialism, and the Male Creator in Northwest Tribal Narratives

The American Indian Quarterly , Volume 38 (3) – Aug 15, 2014

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University of Nebraska Press
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Copyright © 2008 The University of Nebraska Press.
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1534-1828

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A World without Fathers Patriarchy, Colonialism, and the Male Creator in Northwest Tribal Narratives Robyn Johnson . . . I realize this cannot be heaven. All these old-time Indians are doomed . . . All of them are going to start drinking booze. And their children will drink booze. And their grandchildren and great- grandchildren will drink booze. And one of those great grand- children will grow up to be my real father . . . Th e one who abandoned my mother and me . . . Th at's what's going to happen to me . . . It makes me angry. I want to spit and kick and punch and slap. I want to cry and sing, but I cannot use my voice. —Sherman Alexie, Flight: A Novel, 66–67 One of the more puzzling and disconcerting features of recent American Indian fi ction is the veritable disappearance of nurturing father fi gures within American Indian families. Indeed, over the years, their disap- pearance has oft en been stereotypically associated with absence: an ap- parent willingness of American Indian men to divorce themselves from their inherent responsibilities as fathers. Th us, they eschew the social practices of childrearing

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The American Indian QuarterlyUniversity of Nebraska Press

Published: Aug 15, 2014

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