The Role of Music in Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues

Sharif, Azad

doi:10.24271/garmian.207019

The Role of Music in Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Azad Sharif

Department of English/ College of Languages/ Salahaddin University/ Erbil

https://doi.org/10.24271/garmian.207019

Abstract

The present research analyses the decisive role of music in Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues (1995). The study focuses on the role that music can play in the spiritual life of people in general and of the Native American people in specifics. Sherman Alexie’s novel, through presenting several examples and various characters, highlights and points out the cultural, social, psychological, and political functions of music in the Native American communities, especially in the reservations built allegedly to protect the identity of Native Americans across the United States. The research examines the tremendous role of music in preserving the Native American culture and identity through creating a collective mentality that will be a bridge between the old and the new generations

Keywords

Sherman Alexie

Reservation Blues

Role of Music

Native American

Culture and Identity

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