American Narratives: Multiethnic Writing in the Age of Realism

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Index acculturation: pressures of, 9, 24, 26; rewards of, 39–40; selective acculturation, 25, 26; synergistic model of, 50. See also assimilation Adams, David Wallace, 78n32 Addams, Jane, 32 African American literature: and abolitionist texts, 5, 05, 56; and development of American realism, , 3–4, 4; Griggs’s place in, 2, 25, 6; oral tradition of, 2 Alexie, Sherman, 87 Alger, Horatio, 7, 35 Allen, Paula Gunn,  Altschuler, Glenn C., 32, 39 ambivalence, towards citizenship, 7, 9–0, , 22, 67, 70, 8, 82, 86, 87–88, 5, 63 American Indian boarding schools: and assimilation , 2, 58, 67, 77–79, 84, 52, 78n30; conditions of, 58–59; and English language skills, 79–80, 78n32; graduates of, , , 2; and Zitkala-Ša, 2, 22, 58, 59, 6, 68, 70, 72, 75-80, 82–87, 88, 5, 52, 53–54 American Indian cultures: American perceptions of, 55, 56, 85; and Christianization, 58, 65, 66, 67, 68–70, 73–75, 77–78, 86; and government policies, 57–59, 79, 84, 85–86; and tribal enlightenment, 59; and Zitkala- Ša, 60, 63-64, 65, 66, 67, 7–72, 74, 75, 78, 82, 84, 88, 77nn7, 25 American Indian lands, 57–58, 7, 82, 76n4, 77n7 American Indian literature: and boarding school graduates, , , 2; and development of American realism, , 3–4, 5; Zitkala-Ša’s place in, , 22, 87–88, 6 American Yiddish literature, 46, 86n Ammons, Elizabeth, 6, 4 anthroposophy, 20, 72n24 Antin, Mary: and Americanization, 30, 33–34, 36, 4, 52–53, 63; background of, 8-2; challenging of immigrant inferiority, 7, 47, 55; critics’ recognition of, 3, 9–20; English language skills of, 34–35, 46, 49; and open immigration, 20, 2, 33; place in American literature, 64; place in Jewish American literature, 2, 3, 6; portrayal of assimilation, 2, 30; and public education , 20, 2, 34, 39, 45, 5, 52–53, 54, 54–55; and realism, –2, 6, 0, 4, 6–7; use of transcendentalism, 5–6, 35, 45, 50, 5, 57, 75n24, 76n29; and Yiddish language, 46, 76n27 Antin, Mary, works: From Plotzk to Boston, 9, 45, 46, 52, 75n24; “The Lie,” 76n3; “Snow,” 46; They Who Knock at Our Gates, 20, 47. See also The Promised Land (Antin) anti-Semitism: in American society, 32, 48–50; in Russia, 49, 52 Anzaldúa, Gloria, 55 Asian American literature: and development of American realism, 5; Sui Sin Far’s place in, 3, 8, 27, 22, 6 99 assimilation: and American Indian boarding schools, 2, 58, 67, 77–79, 84, 52, 78n30; and American model, 8–9, 36, 54, 62; complications of, 47–54, 60, 76n29; Crèvecoeur on, 34, 73n4; and English language , 35, 52; as path to citizenship, 5, 8, , 30–3, 33, 34, 37; and patriotism, 52; and public education, 34; resistance to, 80, 83, 84, 86–87, 88, 53; response to forces of, 2, 0, 30; Theodore Roosevelt on, 38. See also acculturation Atlanta Exposition Speech, 98, 00 Azuela, Mariano, 85–86n Baker, Houston A., 4–5 Bakhtin, Mikhail, 59 Batker, Carol J., 23 Belasco, David, 85n35 Bernadin, Susan, 67–68, 83–84 Berthoff, Warner, 4, 5 Bhabha, Homi, 28, 89, 97 Boas, Franz, 6 Bone, Robert A., 82n3 Bonnin, Raymond O., 22–23 Bonnin, Raymond T., 22 Bourne, Randolph, 54, 62 Brooks, Van Wyck, 2, 3, 4 Brown, William Wells, 5, 06 Bruce, Dickson D., Jr., 80n7 Burlingame Treaty of 868, 2 Cahan, Abraham, 3, 4, 6, 0, 2–3, 4 Callahan, S. Alice, 0, –2 Carlisle Indian School, 58, 68, 69, 82, 53–54 Carnegie, Andrew, 7 Chan Yong, 20 Chesnutt, Charles W., 3, 4, 5, 0, 2, 92, 5, 6, 8n24 Chin, Frank, 75n20, 84n2 Chinese American literature, 3; Sui Sin Far’s place in, 2, 22 Chinese Exclusion Act of 882, 9, 20, 2, 36 Chinese immigrants: and bachelor communities , 22, 83n; citizenship of, 20, 2, 22, 54; conditions of, 9–2, 22; literary works of, 3 Chinese Six Companies, 2 Christianity and Christianization: and American Indian cultures, 58, 65, 66, 67, 68–70, 73–75, 77–78, 86; and Zitkala-Ša, 9, 67–70, 76–77, 83, 77n23 citizenship: and African Americans, 96, 98, 4; ambivalence towards, 7, 9–0, , 22, 67, 70, 8, 82, 86, 87–88, 5, 63; and American Indians, 23, 60–6, 78; and Asian Americans , 8, 20; and assimilation, 5, 8, , 30–3, 33, 34, 37, 53; of Chinese immigrants, 20, 2, 22, 54; and dual affiliation, 9, , 89, 92; as realist theme, , 3, 4, 7...