Angela's Healing through Native American Culture
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摘要
In House Made of Down, N. Scott. Momaday tries to show readers the revitalizing power of Native American culture forpeople whose sense of wholeness is fragmented from their confrontation with the destabilizing forces within the modern world. Somepsychological, ecological and philosophical ideas are applied to study the story of Angela, a white woman, who experiences a trans-formative healing and return to wholeness when she is immersed into Native American culture. When studied carefully, Angela'sstory reveals that the healing power of Native American traditions cross gender and races and are available to all people.
In House Made of Down, N. Scott. Momaday tries to show readers the revitalizing power of Native American culture for people whose sense of wholeness is fragmented from their confrontation with the destabilizing forces within the modern world. Some psychological, ecological and philosophical ideas are applied to study the story of Angela, a white woman, who experiences a transformative healing and return to wholeness when she is immersed into Native American culture. When studied carefully, Angela's story reveals that the healing power of Native American traditions cross gender and races and are available to all people.
In House Made of Down, N. Scott. Momaday tries to show readers the revitalizing power of Native American culture for people whose sense of wholeness is fragmented from their confrontation with the destabilizing forces within the modern world. Some psychological, ecological and philosophical ideas are applied to study the story of Angela, a white woman, who experiences a transformative healing and return to wholeness when she is immersed into Native American culture. When studied carefully, Angela's story reveals that the healing power of Native American traditions cross gender and races and are available to all people.
引文
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[2]Shi,Jian.Native American Mythology and literature[M].Chengdu:Sichuan People’s Publishing House,1999.
[3]Momaday,N.Scott.Native American Attitudes to the Environment[G].Seeing with a Native Eye,New York:Harper Forum Books,1979:79-85.
[4]Momaday,N.Scott.House Made of Dawn[M].New York:HarperCollins Publishers,2010.
[5]Scarberry-Garcia,Susan.Sources of Healing in House Made of Dawn[D].Denver:University of Colorado,1986.
[6]Owens,Louis.Other Destinies:Understanding the American Indian Novel[M].Norman:U of Oklahoma P,1992.
[7]Lincoln,Bruce.Discourse and the Construction of Society[M].New York:Oxford University Press,1989.
[8]Coulombe,Joseph L.Reading Native American Literature[M].New York:Routledge,2011.