dc.contributor.author	Cosper, Tyler Drew
dc.coverage.spatial	New Mexico	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-11T20:49:22Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-11T20:49:22Z
dc.date.issued	2025-06-06
dc.identifier.other	be9aaf39-1a13-4790-ad4c-1cf549e4a949	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/7447
dc.description.abstract	This paper analyzes the temporal understanding of the Laguna Pueblo Native American tribe. Unlike the dominant Western tradition that conceives of time in a linear, human-centric form, the Laguna embrace a plurality of time, with each individual(human, animal, or other) and aspect of life occupying their own unique, subjective timeline. This plurality of time and the infinite intersections that occur as everything interacts results in a web of time, rather than a straight line. Thus, I refer to the Laguna conception of time as reticular temporality. I argue that reticular temporality informs every aspect of Laguna culture, including perception of selfhood, epistemology, and an all-encompassing communal sense of being. These three areas guide the focus of the three primary chapters of this thesis. Although recorded knowledge about the Laguna Pueblo is limited, I will primarily analyze the culture through the literary work of Leslie Marmon Silko. Specifically, I will examine Silko’s novel, Ceremony, as well as Storyteller, a compilation that consists of short stories, poems, letters, memoir excerpts, photos, and more. Although these two works provide a well-rounded view of Laguna culture and storytelling tradition, this analysis will also be supplemented by Silko’s essays and interviews, as well as contemporary Indigenous Studies research. Furthermore, I will draw on research concerning nationalism, colonialism, temporality, linguistic/literary form, Native epistemologies, and more. This thesis highlights a severely under-studied culture, and makes a claim for reticular temporality’s undeniable influence on the Laguna worldview.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Academic theses	en_US
dc.subject	Literature	en_US
dc.subject	Laguna Indians	en_US
dc.subject	Time--Philosophy	en_US
dc.subject	Indigenous peoples	en_US
dc.subject	Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948-	en_US
dc.subject	American literature	en_US
dc.subject	Storytelling	en_US
dc.subject	Self in literature	en_US
dc.title	"Within the Web of Differing Versions": Examining Laguna Pueblo Reticular Temporality and Culture through the Work of Leslie Marmon Silko	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of English of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Katawal, Ubaraj
dc.description.committee	Aiello, Thomas
dc.description.committee	Wander, Ryan
dc.description.degree	M.A.	en_US
dc.description.major	English	en_US