The Imaginary Indian in German Children’s Non-Fiction Literature
From: Aboriginal Canada Revisited
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This essay explores the images of North American Native people in German children’s non-fiction literature and examines how these limited and partly distorted perceptions of Native people affect young people.
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Contributors
Geneviè Susemihl
Geneviéve Susemihl studied English and American Studies, Sociology and Educational Sciences at the University of Rostock in Germany at Connecticut College, and at the Long Island University in the United States. In 2003 she received her PhD completing her dissertation entitled The Assimilation and Integration of German-Jewish Hitler Refugees in New York and Toronto/. From 1998 to 2005, she worked as an assistant professor in the English Department at the University of Rostock, researching and teaching in the fields of North American culture and literature. Since 2003, she has been a visiting professor at different institutions, the University of Greifswald, the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, in the Netherlands, and the Humboldt-University of Berlin, among others. Genevieve Susemihl has received various honours and awards. She is a DAAD and Fulbright-Alumnus, the recipient of the John G. H. Halstead-Memorial Fellowship of the Stiftungfur Kanada-Studien, and a member of Canada Meets Germany—A Forum for Young Leaders. Her main areas of research are Jewish and Native American Studies, popular and visual culture, and media studies.
