Native American Representation in New Moon: History Repeating Itself

dc.contributor.advisor	Liebregts, M.
dc.contributor.advisor	Koffeman, M.N.
dc.contributor.author	Caluwé, S. de
dc.date.issued	2021-06-30
dc.description.abstract	This thesis focusses on how Native Americans are represented in Stephenie Meyer’s novel New Moon. In the past, Native Americans were thought of as animal-like and portrayed as savages. Their “Indianness” was used as a branding device and reduced to stereotypes. Despite critique on these stereotypical portrayals, New Moon adheres to them to represent its Native characters, as can be seen when applying discourse analysis. The legends of an actual tribe are appropriated to put Native Americans back into the role of the savage and the symbolic “Other”. Theories of “Othering” practices by Homi K. Bhabha and Stuart Hall illustrate that the contrast created between the “Other” and the “Self” reflects the notion of the “savage” versus the “civilized”. New Moon draws on stereotypes from the colonial era to reinforce the idea of the Native American as the “Other”, which keeps the hegemonic power structures of knowledge production in place.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/11774
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.thesis.faculty	Faculteit der Letteren	en_US
dc.thesis.specialisation	Arts & Culture Studies	en_US
dc.thesis.studyprogramme	Bachelor Algemene Cultuurwetenschappen	en_US
dc.thesis.type	Bachelor	en_US
dc.title	Native American Representation in New Moon: History Repeating Itself	en_US

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