期刊名称：Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
电子版ISSN：0975-2935
出版年度：2019
卷号：11
期号：2
页码：1-10
DOI：10.21659/rupkatha.v11n2.06
出版社：Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
摘要：Missionaries were an important part of the colonizing mission. While the colonial armies committedmassacres and subdued the militarily inferior Natives, the missionaries did a long lasting damage to theNative societies by obliterating their cultures. They not only converted the people, but also changed theirworldview that was so important to them and the lands they lived in. The de-culturation of Natives is notonly responsible for environmental problems, but also social problems like domestic violence and drinking.Recent studies have indicated that de-culturation of Natives is also responsible for endemic psycho-somaticproblems of the Natives. The Native writers have understood that improvement in mental health of theNatives is directly associated with the resuscitation and restoration of Native culture. The literature writtenby the Natives works like an antidote against the atrocities committed by the whites. Leslie Marmon Silko’snovel Ceremony is an important work of literature that tries to resuscitate the native culture. The currentpaper is a study of Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony.
