Dismantling the Panoptical Narrative of the Doctrine of Discovery: A Critical Study of the Symbolic Misrepresentation of First Nations People
The present paper focuses on the panoptical narrative of the Doctrine of Discovery which has remained entrenched in the colonial discourse of Europeans in North America. The narrative of Doctrine, which has its roots in the early medieval period, has been used as a racist paradigm to violate the fun...
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ftjlv:oai:ojs2.literaryvoiceglobal.in:article/49 2024-06-16T07:39:58+00:00 Dismantling the Panoptical Narrative of the Doctrine of Discovery: A Critical Study of the Symbolic Misrepresentation of First Nations People Dr. Rekha Batta 2023-03-01 application/pdf https://literaryvoiceglobal.in/index.php/files/article/view/49 https://doi.org/10.59136/lv.2023.1.1.111 eng eng Dr. Sumedha Bhandari/Gaganjot Anand https://literaryvoiceglobal.in/index.php/files/article/view/49/12 https://literaryvoiceglobal.in/index.php/files/article/view/49 doi:10.59136/lv.2023.1.1.111 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 Literary Voice; Literary Voice. Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2023; 88-98 2583-8199 2277-4521 Doctrine of Discovery First Nation Peoples Indigenous Peoples of North America Survivance info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2023 ftjlv https://doi.org/10.59136/lv.2023.1.1.111 2024-05-19T23:30:10Z The present paper focuses on the panoptical narrative of the Doctrine of Discovery which has remained entrenched in the colonial discourse of Europeans in North America. The narrative of Doctrine, which has its roots in the early medieval period, has been used as a racist paradigm to violate the fundamental rights of the indigenous peoples. In the eighteenth century, the Doctrine became a legal document to assimilate and annex the lands of the First Nations in Canada. The Doctrine focused on assimilating the non-whites into the mainstream culture through their mythical fabrication. The symbolic misrepresentation of indigenous peoples in mainstream literary and cultural works has facilitated the oppression of the indigenous communities Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Literary Voice - An International Peer Reviewed Journal of English Studies Canada Literary Voice 1 1 88 98 |
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The present paper focuses on the panoptical narrative of the Doctrine of Discovery which has remained entrenched in the colonial discourse of Europeans in North America. The narrative of Doctrine, which has its roots in the early medieval period, has been used as a racist paradigm to violate the fundamental rights of the indigenous peoples. In the eighteenth century, the Doctrine became a legal document to assimilate and annex the lands of the First Nations in Canada. The Doctrine focused on assimilating the non-whites into the mainstream culture through their mythical fabrication. The symbolic misrepresentation of indigenous peoples in mainstream literary and cultural works has facilitated the oppression of the indigenous communities |
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Dismantling the Panoptical Narrative of the Doctrine of Discovery: A Critical Study of the Symbolic Misrepresentation of First Nations People |
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