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"Jeannette Armstrong and her Feminism of Decolonisation"
| dc.contributor.author | Amante, Susana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-07T10:18:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-03-07T10:18:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | por |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-84-9012-174-0 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/1610 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
| dc.publisher | Aquilafuente, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca | por |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Aquilafuente;186 | |
| dc.subject | First Nations’ literature | por |
| dc.subject | decolonisation | por |
| dc.title | "Jeannette Armstrong and her Feminism of Decolonisation" | por |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca | por |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 112 | por |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 101 | por |
| oaire.citation.title | Research Challenges for Anglophone Studies in the 21st Century. | por |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | article | por |