William Apess’s Manhood and Native Resistance in Jacksonian America

Authors

Peter L. Bayers Dr., Fairfield UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Abstract

Presents literary criticism which argues on William Apess's writings with regard to the gender role of male Native to the oppressive Anglo society of the Jacksonian era. The author criticizes how the Anglo society feminized Native people in order to rationalize their subjugation. Moreover, Apess defines manhood in the vein of classical republican tradition in order to challenge Anglo power and the Natives in the Jacksonian era.

Comments

Copyright 2006 Oxford University Press

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Publication Title

MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States

Repository Citation

Bayers, Peter L. Dr., "William Apess’s Manhood and Native Resistance in Jacksonian America" (2006). English Faculty Publications. 89.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/english-facultypubs/89

Published Citation

Bayers, Peter. “William Apess’s Manhood and Native Resistance in Jacksonian America,” in MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States, Spring 2006, 30(1), pp. 123-146.

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