Assimilating American Indians in James Fenimore Cooper’s Novels?

The article employs critical concepts from sociology and anthropology to examine the stereotype of the Vanishing Indian and disclose its contradictory character. The article argues that in James Fenimore Cooper’s late novels from the 1840s a type of American Indian appears who can be regarded as a V...

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Main Author: Peprník Michal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Charles University 2016-07-01
Series:Prague Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/pjes-2016-0006