Geary Hobson (born 1941) is a

Cherokee The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...

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scholar, editor and writer of fiction and poetry. Hobson, is faculty emeritus at the

University of Oklahoma , mottoeng = "For the benefit of the Citizen and the State" , type = Public research university , established = , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.7billion (2021) , pr ...

. He received a lifetime achievement award from the

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in 2003. In his scholarly work, Hobson has compiled American Indian Literature and critiqued the " appropriation and misuse of Indian culture." In his influential essay "The Rise of the White Shaman as a New Version of Cultural Imperialism" (1976), Hobson noted that neo-romantic works by Jeorome Rothenburg, Gary Snyder, and

Gene Fowler Gene Fowler (born Eugene Devlan) (March 8, 1890 – July 2, 1960) was an American journalist, author, and dramatist. Biography Fowler was born in Denver, Colorado. When his mother remarried during his youth, he took his stepfather's name to be ...

"prevented others from understanding the works by writers with authentic tribal experiences." Hobson also suggested that the use of traditional language by Snyder and Fowler is a form of "naked cultural imperialism."

Bibliography

Essays

* "The Rise of the White Shaman as A New Version of Cultural Imperialism" (1976)

Books

* Editor, ''The Remembered Earth: An Anthology of Contemporary Native American Literature'' (1979) *''The Last of the Ofos'' (2000) *''Plain of Jars and Other Stories'' (2011)

Poetry

*''Deer Hunting and Other Poems'' (1990)

References

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