TY - JOUR A1 - Schiefer, David A1 - Krahé, Barbara T1 - Ethnic identity and orientation to white American culture are linked to well-being among american indians-but in different ways JF - Social psychology N2 - This study examined the relationship between ethnic identity, orientation toward the White mainstream culture, and psychological well-being among American Indians. In the light of the unique history of American Indians, we investigated the relationship between identification with the American Indian ingroup, orientation toward the dominant White American culture ( in terms of showing behavior typical for White mainstream culture as well as positive attitudes and feelings of belonging to White American culture), and self-efficacy and learned helplessness as indicators of psychological well-being. Structural equation analyses with an adolescent and an adult sample revealed a positive relationship between ethnic identity and self-efficacy but no link with learned helplessness. The tendency to show behavior typical for White mainstream culture was associated with higher self-efficacy in both samples and with lower helplessness in the adult subsample. White American orientation in the form of positive attitudes and sense of belonging were associated with higher helplessness in both samples and with lower self-efficacy among adults. The findings are discussed in terms of the role of both ethnic identity and the orientation toward the mainstream culture for well-being among American Indians, focusing on the distinct relations of White American behavior versus White American affiliation with well-being in American Indians. KW - American Indians KW - ethnic identity KW - acculturation KW - well-being Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000155 SN - 1864-9335 SN - 2151-2590 VL - 45 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Hogrefe CY - Göttingen ER - TY - THES A1 - Schulz, Frank T1 - 'How can you go to a Church that killed so many Indians?' : Representations of Christianity in 20th century Native American novels N2 - Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht Romane indianischer Autorinnen und Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts hinsichtlich ihrer Repräsentation von Konflikten zwischen amerikanischen Ureinwohnern und der vorherrschenden christlichen Religion des allgemeinen gesellschaftlichen Umfelds. Verschiedene Schwerpunkte sind zu erkennen, die im Laufe des Jahrhunderts immer wieder dargestellt und in veränderter Perspektive betrachtet werden. Sowohl historische Konflikte der Kolonialisierung und Christianisierung als auch die immerwährende Frage indianischer Christen -- 'Wie kannst Du in eine Kirche gehen, die so viele Indianer umgebracht hat?' [Alexie, Reservation Blues] -- werden in den Romanen diskutiert und in meiner Arbeit analysiert. Es wird ferner versucht, eine literaturgeschichtliche Klassifizierung der einzelnen Werke entsprechend ihrer Repräsentation dieser Probleme vorzunehmen. In Anlehnung an Charles Larsons chronologisch-thematische Darstellung indianischer Prosa, werden die Kategorien rejection, (syncretic) adaptation, and postmodern-ironic revision eingeführt, um die unterschiedlichen Darstellungsweisen zu beschreiben. Anhand der fünf Hauptbeispiele ist eine Entwicklung der zeitgenössischen indianischen Literatur zu beobachten, die sich von der engen Definition der 1960er und 70er Jahre zugunsten eines breiteren und vielfältigeren Ansatzes löst und dabei mittels interkultureller und intertextueller Referenzen, postmoderner Ironie, und einem neuen indianischen Selbstbewußtsein auch neue Positionen gegenüber dem Glauben der einstigen Kolonialmacht einnimmt. Gutachter / Betreuer: Prof. Rüdiger Kunow ; Dr. Jürgen Heiß N2 - This MA thesis examines novels by Native American authors of the 20th century in regard to their representation of conflicts between the indigenous population of North America and the dominant Christian religion of the mainstream society. Several major points can be followed throughout the century, which have been presented repeatedly and discussed in various perspectives. Historical conflicts of colonization and Christianization, as well as the perpetual question of Native American Christians -- 'How can you go to a church that killed so many Indians?' [Alexie, Reservation Blues] -- are debated in these novels and analyzed in this paper. Furthermore, I have tried to position and classify the works according to their representation of these problems within literary history. Following Charles Larson's chronologic and thematic examination of American Indian Fiction, the categories rejection, (syncretic) adaptation, and postmodern-ironic revision are introduced to describe the various forms of representation. On the basis of five main examples, we can observe an evolution of contemporary Native American literature, which has liberated itself from the narrow definition of the 1960s and 1970s, in favor of a broader and more varied approach. In so doing, and by means of intercultural and intertextual referencing, postmodern irony, and a new Indian self-confidence, it has also taken a new position towards the religion of the former colonizer. KW - Literatur der Indianer Nordamerikas KW - Belletristik KW - Romane KW - Christentum KW - Christianisierung KW - Kolonialisierung KW - Religion KW - amerikanische Ureinwohner KW - D'Ar KW - Native American literature KW - fiction KW - novels KW - Christianity KW - Christianization KW - colonization KW - religion KW - American Indians KW - D'Arcy McNickle KW - N. Scott Momad Y1 - 2002 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-0001154 ER -