Major
Photography
Class Standing
Sophomore
Course Number and Title
UCOR 1400-07 Trauma in Litterature
Faculty Member's Name
Lydia Cooper
Project Description
This essay is a detailed analysis and interpretation of the novel Ceremony by Indigenous American, Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko. In our class, all quarter we worked towards building an understanding of trauma from a historical and psychological perspective with the goal of focusing on one topic and connecting it to a novel, movie, or other works. Through both lenses, we explored Native American studies. Alongside our in class learning of generalized and Indigenous trauma, we read Ceremony. For our final assignment, I decided to explore Ceremony. However, I wanted to expand upon the ideas presented in the book to a more tangible, real world application that went deeper than simply defining an element of trauma. In my preparation for this article, I read many other texts and articles, weaving them into this essay to create a cohesive and extensive argument as to how the novel acts as an allegory advocating for the legitimization of Indigenous knowledge and healing through the lens of Social Work.
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Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko: A Case for Indigenous Social Work
This essay is a detailed analysis and interpretation of the novel Ceremony by Indigenous American, Laguna Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko. In our class, all quarter we worked towards building an understanding of trauma from a historical and psychological perspective with the goal of focusing on one topic and connecting it to a novel, movie, or other works. Through both lenses, we explored Native American studies. Alongside our in class learning of generalized and Indigenous trauma, we read Ceremony. For our final assignment, I decided to explore Ceremony. However, I wanted to expand upon the ideas presented in the book to a more tangible, real world application that went deeper than simply defining an element of trauma. In my preparation for this article, I read many other texts and articles, weaving them into this essay to create a cohesive and extensive argument as to how the novel acts as an allegory advocating for the legitimization of Indigenous knowledge and healing through the lens of Social Work.