Abstract
The cultural/social text ultimately reflects the political/economic ecology of the moment. Accordingly, this study recontextualizes a small series of singular, easily circumscribed historical events, to elucidate a broader critical understanding of the current moment. Mediated representations foster certain perspectives that cannot be refused, even by those who are abjectly opposed. The relationship between cultural celebration, disruption, and social change has a long, continuous, complex trajectory. Accordingly, direct appeals to a historical record can yield much insight, both into the cultural object and the social text in which it is embedded. Within this context, this piece concludes with a pointed discussion of Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play (2019) in light of recent geo-political developments and the global history of suppression.
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James S. Moy, University of South Florida, United States
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Conference: ECAH2024
Stream: Ethnicity
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Moy J. (2024) Sovereignty, Scientific Racism, and Larissa FastHorse’s “The Thanksgiving Play” ISSN: 2188-1111 – The European Conference on Arts & Humanities 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 251-266) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1111.2024.21
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2188-1111.2024.21
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