학술논문
Mouthpieces: Native American voices in Thomas Harriot's 'True and Brief Report of ... Virginia,' Gaspar Perez de Villagra's 'Historia de la Nuevo Mexico,' and John Smith's 'General History of Virginia'
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Academic Journal
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Source
New Literary History. Summer, 2001, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p501, 17 p.
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ISSN
0028-6087
Abstract
Colonial-era writing about Native Americans illustrates the concept that writing falsifies speech. The earliest white settlers of North America unthinkingly projected their cultural assumptions on Native Americans, whereas the best way to approach a new culture is to listen carefully and not draw conclusions only from what is seen.