http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).29
10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).29
Published : Sep 2020
American Indian Identity in The Heirs of Columbus
The present study aims to explore the identity construction in The Heirs of Columbus. The Heirs of Columbus exhibits the chronic representations of primitive inferior Indian constructed by the Euro Americans through the exercise of colonialism. These representations have been spread on both conscious and unconscious levels to maintain power and colonial hegemony. Gerald Vizenor deconstructs the stereotype Indian through his writings hence refute the eurocentric notion of stereotype native. He unveils the Eurocentric ideology by rewriting history in a subversive ironical way, records the construction of Indian thus reconstructs him in his narration.
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American Indian, Identity, Eurocentric, Discourse of Power
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(1) Mehwish Ali Khan
Lecturer, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
(2) Fahmida Manzoor
Lecturer, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
(3) Shumaila Mazhar
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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APA : Khan, M. A., Manzoor, F., & Mazhar, S. (2020). American Indian Identity in The Heirs of Columbus. Global Regional Review, V(III), 279-287. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).29
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CHICAGO : Khan, Mehwish Ali, Fahmida Manzoor, and Shumaila Mazhar. 2020. "American Indian Identity in The Heirs of Columbus." Global Regional Review, V (III): 279-287 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).29
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HARVARD : KHAN, M. A., MANZOOR, F. & MAZHAR, S. 2020. American Indian Identity in The Heirs of Columbus. Global Regional Review, V, 279-287.
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MHRA : Khan, Mehwish Ali, Fahmida Manzoor, and Shumaila Mazhar. 2020. "American Indian Identity in The Heirs of Columbus." Global Regional Review, V: 279-287
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MLA : Khan, Mehwish Ali, Fahmida Manzoor, and Shumaila Mazhar. "American Indian Identity in The Heirs of Columbus." Global Regional Review, V.III (2020): 279-287 Print.
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OXFORD : Khan, Mehwish Ali, Manzoor, Fahmida, and Mazhar, Shumaila (2020), "American Indian Identity in The Heirs of Columbus", Global Regional Review, V (III), 279-287
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TURABIAN : Khan, Mehwish Ali, Fahmida Manzoor, and Shumaila Mazhar. "American Indian Identity in The Heirs of Columbus." Global Regional Review V, no. III (2020): 279-287. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).29