Dissertation
Earthly Rhetorics of Nez Perce Peoples Past, Present, and Future
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/2923
Abstract
This dissertation enacts how Nez Perce tribal rhetorics are inseparable from the ancestral lands of the tribe. I have named this reflection of land within language, earthly rhetorics. The perspective that I offer discusses the way in which Nez Perce rhetorics exist as a whole and are not separated into the secular and the sacred, but rather are used as one wholly rhetoric. In chapter 1, "Earth and Language," I discuss how earthly rhetorics were born when Nez Perce people went through the transition from their tribal language to English. In chapter 2, "Rhetorics of Powwow," I explore the rhetorics spoken by the powwow emcee and the rhetoric of the regalia worn by powwow dancers. Chapter 3, "Virtual Rhetorics," analyzes online rhetorics of prisoners as appearing in three Native American prisoner pen pal websites. And chapter 4, "Wholly Rhetorics," considers how secular ceremonial rhetorics that occur during powwows and as found on one tribal member’s Facebook postings are the same set of rhetorics used during private sacred ceremonies that only tribal members attend, concluding that the sacred and the secular are the same set of rhetorics.
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- Title
- Earthly Rhetorics of Nez Perce Peoples Past, Present, and Future
- Creators
- Jeanette Lynne Weaskus
- Contributors
- Barbara J Monroe (Advisor)Victor Villanueva, Jr. (Committee Member)Robert Eddy (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- English, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 107
- Identifiers
- 99900581458301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation