INDIGENOUS DOOM: COLONIAL MIMICRY IN FAULKNER'S INDIAN TALES.

The article focuses on the depiction of colonization by both European settlers and Native Americans in the work of William Faulkner. The Indian co-optation of the culture of ownership endorsed by the European colonizers in the "Wilderness" stories is considered. The author provides a reading of the story "Lo!," using Homi K. Bhabha's theory of mimicry. A brief thematic overview of "Lo!," is provided. The impact of ownership of European possessions on Faulkner's Indians is considered. Faulkner's "A Justice," and "A Courtship," are also discussed.