SA 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Native American Identity In The United States, Noble Savage, Essentialism

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 101
• Professor: Stacy Pigg

Document Summary

Satterfield compares the construction of identity between loggers (forest community. Basically, both aim to invoke a grassroots movement-type identify. Particularly when it comes to the loggers, they display a keen awareness of the stigma around them - that they are viewed as aligned with corporate timber companies, as wasteful, capitalistic, and ignorant of the environmental consequences of logging. Also, both environmentalists and loggers both view themselves as stewards of the forest. In order to amend for this, some environmentalists aim to live within the forest and make themselves seem more legitimate as people who are connected to the forest. In contrast, the loggers view themselves has having a relationship with the forest as well, but it is a working relationship, an applied conception of the forest. They point out that they help keep the forest healthy by clearing out old or dead brush, and that they too care about the forest.