tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post944218407584438168..comments2024-03-27T14:08:51.191-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): "War whoop" in Gayle Forman's IF I STAYDebbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-13483104335900531972014-06-03T16:38:25.295-05:002014-06-03T16:38:25.295-05:00I think "whoop" might have been adequate...I think "whoop" might have been adequate. The problem is not so much that Forman's characters whoop with glee but that the idea of whooping has been associated with Native people. As though the Celts never whooped, or the Vikings. Or the Crusaders for that matter, or Columbus and his buddies. I'm almost certain they didn't carry out their heinous crimes in total silence. It's infuriating how the savage aspects of ALL human history have somehow been retrofitted exclusively onto native people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-13625709827503008022014-06-03T12:16:38.189-05:002014-06-03T12:16:38.189-05:00I have to disagree that "shouts with glee&quo...I have to disagree that "shouts with glee" gives the same feeling as "war whoop". Having two children and working in a school, "shouts with glee" doesn't really capture the mood that students have when a snow day is called, whereas "war whoop" does capture that feeling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com