Some Definitions

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Some Definitions

• Colonialism
• Cultural Imperialism
• Postcolonialism
• Grand Narratives and Counter Discourses

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Chinua Achebe (1930-
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Edward Said (1935-2003)
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Grand Narrativesand Counter-discourses
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Alfred Bierstadt (1830 1902)
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Alfred Bierstadt (1830 1902)
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Alfred Bierstadt (1830 1902)
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John L. OSullivans Quote

• .... the right of our manifest destiny to over
  spread and to possess the whole of the continent
  which Providence has given us for the development
  of the great experiment of liberty and
  federaltive development of self government
  entrusted to us. It is right such as that of the
  tree to the space of air and the earth suitable
  for the full expansion of its principle and
  destiny of growth.
• 1845

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John Gasts PaintingAmerican Progress 1872
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Mount Rushmore
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Borglums Views of White Supremacy

• The Nordic races have been and continue today the
  pioneers of the world. They are the builders of
  world empire - - - it may safely be said that all
  invention, analytical science, deductive
  philosophy have been pushed forward by these
  venturesome people, who have subdued savages,
  beautified and peopled what was once a
  wilderness
• From unpublished article written during KKK
  membership periodquoted in Mount Rushmore by
  Jesse Larner

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Borglums Views Continued

• Too little has been written, on the wide freedoms
  secured, the virgin worlds offered -- unpeopled,
  untilled, ungoverned -- the nomads incapable of
  resisting . . . No one has sung, painted, or
  carved adequately the story of this irresistible
  God-man movement that fled its ancient moorings .
  . . Following the sun into the unknown west!
• San Francisco Examiner, 1934quoted in Mount
  Rushmore by Jesse Larner

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Devils Tower Bears Lodge Eastern Wyoming
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Tewa girl
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Uyowutcha child
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Wallawalla man
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Navajo woman
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Navajo man
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Columbus Day
Grand Narrative
Counter -discourse
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Christopher Columbus
Hero?
Villain?
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Columbus as Cultural Icon
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View of Columbus as Hero

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Columbus "Discovers" Sacramento and Shows Queen
Isabella that the Earth is Round
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American Indian Movement
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PACE UniversityItalian American Student
Organization Celebrating Columbus Day
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University of Michigan Student Organizations
protesting Columbus Day
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