Healing the colonial wounds: autobiographical migration in the work of Lee Maracle

• Autores: Carmen Arzua Azurmendi
• Localización: Proceedings of the 30th International AEDEAN Conference: [electronic resource] / María Losada Friend (ed. lit.), Pilar Ron Vaz (ed. lit.), Sonia Hernández Santano (ed. lit.), Jorge Casanova García (ed. lit.), 2007, ISBN 978-84-96826-31-1
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The aim of this paper is to trace an evolutionary line in American Indian autobiography and to explore how Canadian women of mixed blood "Metis" ancestry achieve voice through writing their stories in autobiographies and autobiographical novels. Crucial to finding a voice is the reconciliation of multiple identities inherent in persons who belong to more than one culture. Because they are excluded from both Euro-Canadian and Canadian Native cultures, they negotiate an identity that draws on the strength of each one. To support my thesis I will focus on the role that language plays in the formation of self and tribal identity for "Metis" women, discussing two books by First Nation Canadian writer Lee Maracle:"Bobbi Lee Indian Rebel" written in 1970 though published in 1990 and "Daughters Are Forever "published in 2002.