UCLA

In this thesis, I discuss the production of wilderness ideologies in a settler colonial society, based in part upon the dichotomization of nature from culture. Specifically, I analyze the effects of settler colonialism in the creation of America's National Park system, looking at the Everglades National Park as a unique case study that both perpetuates and breaks away from the traditional construct of National Parks. To do so, I use magazine narratives of the Everglades region and National Park from the 1930s-1960s. This work serves to contribute to the field of settler colonial studies by highlighting the interconnections between settler colonialism and American ideologies of wilderness.