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MALE LAGUNA CULTURAL INFULENCE IN THE RESTORATION OF TAYO
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Parry, Peter Lee
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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0733-6469
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1494433137007651
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2017, Master of Arts in English, Cleveland State University, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
Abstract
Scholars have understood Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony as a journey to restoration for her protagonist Tayo. The scholarly discussion focuses predominately on the female side of Silko’s novel. Yet Silko balances between the male and female side of Laguna Cutlture which has not been acknowledged enough by scholars. Silko uses three male characters, Robert, Ku’oosh, and Betonie to guide Tayo back to Laguna Culture, which is feminine. I intend to show importance of Silko’s male characters. Silko also intended to use her male characters to present a line that ranges from the family (Robert) to the community (Ku’oosh) to the larger world (Betonie) while showing the restoration of Tayo at each point. Without the men there is no return to Laguna Culture for Tayo. All three men act as partners and active participants in Tayo’s restoration process. The end result is that Tayo rejoins Laguna Society and is flexible, while meeting the needs of the people.
Committee
Jeff Karem, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Sonstegard Adam, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Lardner Ted , Ph.D. (Advisor)
Pages
50 p.
Subject Headings
Modern Literature
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Native Americans
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Parry, P. L. (2017).
MALE LAGUNA CULTURAL INFULENCE IN THE RESTORATION OF TAYO
[Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1494433137007651
APA Style (7th edition)
Parry, Peter.
MALE LAGUNA CULTURAL INFULENCE IN THE RESTORATION OF TAYO.
2017. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1494433137007651.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Parry, Peter. "MALE LAGUNA CULTURAL INFULENCE IN THE RESTORATION OF TAYO." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1494433137007651
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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