Geary Hobson
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Geary Hobson | |
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| Born | June 12, 1941 |
| Alma mater | University of New Mexico |
| Notable works | The Last of the Ofos, Deer Hunting" and Other Poems |
| Notable 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) |
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]
