Geary Hobson Explained
| Geary Hobson |
| Birth Date: | June 12, 1941 |
| Alma Mater: | University of New Mexico |
| 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) |
| Notableworks: | The Last of the Ofos, Deer Hunting" and Other Poems |
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]
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
Essays
- "The Rise of the White Shaman as A New Version of Cultural Imperialism" (1976)
Books
- 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
- Deer Hunting and Other Poems (1990)[10]
Notes and References
- Book: Velie . Alan R. . American Indian literature : an anthology . 1991 . University of Oklahoma Press . 0-8061-2345-1 . 246 . Revised.
- 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.
- Web site: Returning the Gift Literary Festival. https://web.archive.org/web/20180902165002/https://rtglitfest.org/lifetime-achievement-award/. 20 May 2021. 2018-09-02.
- Book: Johansen, Bruce E. Native Americans Today: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood. 2010. 978-0-313-35554-7. Santa Barbara California. 135.
- Wiget. Andrew. 1984. Sending a Voice: The Emergence of Contemporary Native American Poetry.. College English. 46. 6. 601. 10.2307/376794. 376794.
- Book: Hobson . Geary . The remembered earth : an anthology of contemporary native American literature . 1979 . University of New Mexico Press . 978-0-8263-0568-8 . 1st . registration .
- Book: Hobson . Geary . The last of the Ofos . 2000 . University of Arizona Press . 0-8165-1958-7.
- Web site: The Last of the ofos Kirkus Review . March 9, 2019.
- Book: Hobson . Geary . Plain of jars and other stories . 2011 . Michigan State University Press . 978-0870139987.
- Book: Hobson, Geary. Dear Hunting and Other Poems. Strawberry Press with Renegade/Point Riders Press. 1990. 9780937280294. New York.
