Geary Hobson (born 1941) is a Cherokee, Quapaw/Chickasaw scholar, editor and writer of fiction and poetry.[1][2] Hobson, is faculty emeritus at the University of Oklahoma. He received a lifetime achievement award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas in 2003.[3]
Geary Hobson | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 12, 1941 |
| Alma mater | University of New Mexico |
| Notable works | The Last of the Ofos, Deer Hunting" and Other Poems |
| Notable awards | Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas (2003), First Book Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas (2002) |
In his scholarly work, Hobson has compiled American Indian Literature and critiqued the "appropriation and misuse of Indian culture."[4] 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 "prevented others from understanding the works by writers with authentic tribal experiences."[4] Hobson also suggested that the use of traditional language by Snyder and Fowler is a form of "naked cultural imperialism."[5]
Bibliography
editEssays
edit- "The Rise of the White Shaman as A New Version of Cultural Imperialism" (1976)
Books
edit- Editor, The Remembered Earth: An Anthology of Contemporary Native American Literature (1979)[6]
- The Last of the Ofos (2000)[7][8]
- Plain of Jars and Other Stories (2011)[9]
Poetry
edit- Deer Hunting and Other Poems (1990)[10]
References
edit- ^ Velie, Alan R. (1991). American Indian literature : an anthology (Revised ed.). University of Oklahoma Press. p. 246. ISBN 0-8061-2345-1.
- ^ Twentieth-Century American Nature Poets. Ed. J. Scott Bryson and Roger Thompson. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 342. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2008. From Literature Resource Center.
- ^ "Returning the Gift Literary Festival". Archived from the original on 2018-09-02. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ a b Johansen, Bruce E (2010). Native Americans Today: A Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara California: Greenwood. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-313-35554-7.
- ^ Wiget, Andrew (1984). "Sending a Voice: The Emergence of Contemporary Native American Poetry". College English. 46 (6): 601. doi:10.2307/376794. JSTOR 376794.
- ^ Hobson, Geary (1979). The remembered earth : an anthology of contemporary native American literature (1st ed.). University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-0568-8.
- ^ Hobson, Geary (2000). The last of the Ofos. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-1958-7.
- ^ "The Last of the ofos Kirkus Review". Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ Hobson, Geary (2011). Plain of jars and other stories. Michigan State University Press. ISBN 978-0870139987.
- ^ Hobson, Geary (1990). Dear Hunting and Other Poems. New York: Strawberry Press with Renegade/Point Riders Press. ISBN 9780937280294.