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Jeannette Armstrong, an Okanagan from Canada, is both a teacher and a
writer. Her novel, Slash, has been much criticised by feminists, because
of its male protagonist. By assuming a male perspective in her novel, this
Native Canadian did not intend to legitimise and reinforce patriarchal
power; rather, she argues that her choice was inextricably linked to a
time when machismo and the European notion of leadership ruled the
day. She further advances a philosophical reason: she wanted Native
peoples to reconcile themselves with their traditional worldview, one
which regarded masculinity and femininity not as opposites, but as
synergistic; their relationship should be one of balance, reciprocity,
complementarity and responsibility. Taking Slash into consideration,
then, I intend to prove, together with the Okanagan author that, despite
criticism, her novel is feminist and empowering, though not in a
conventional sense: a different kind of feminism is here at stake—a
feminism of decolonisation.
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First Nations’ literature decolonisation
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Aquilafuente, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca