What's mine isn't yours, but what's yours is definitely mine:  University student use of Cherokee Indian culture in identity formation

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dc.contributor.authorMoney, Emalee Faithen
dc.contributor.committeechairWimberley, Dale W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCook, Samuel R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberReichelmann, Ashley Veronicaen
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-06T08:00:24Zen
dc.date.available2023-06-06T08:00:24Zen
dc.date.issued2023-06-05en
dc.description.abstractgeneralThis thesis concerns a predominantly white university, Western Carolina University, with historical links to the Cherokee people as well as contemporary links to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. I chose to analyze WCU's student newspaper within a 50-year period before and during the beginning emergence of the American Indian Movement to determine in what ways, if any, do students engage with settler-colonial narratives to selectively remember events and express their student body collective identity. Within the analysis process, I determined the narratives of Ancient Peoples, Exoticism and Romanticism, and Civilized and Uncivilized Peoples most significantly impacted student identity formation. My results demonstrated how students' newspaper articles intertwined campus identity narratives with a perpetuation of settler-colonial beliefs.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:37999en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/115323en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectuniversity studenten
dc.subjectcollective identityen
dc.subjectamerican indianen
dc.subjectselective rememberingen
dc.subjectcherokeeen
dc.subjectnorth carolinaen
dc.titleWhat's mine isn't yours, but what's yours is definitely mine:  University student use of Cherokee Indian culture in identity formationen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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