Of Strangers and Relations: Native American Hospitality in Toni Jensen and Susan Power

Autors/ores

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/Lectora2023.29.2

Paraules clau:

hospitalitat nativa americana, relacionalitat, solidaritat, amor descolonial, esperança

Resum

Aquest article examina les expressions narratives de l’hospitalitat nativa americana a l’assaig autobiogràfic “The Worry Lines” (2020), escrit per l’autora Métis Toni Jensen, i al capítol “Sacred Wilderness” (2014), part de la novel·la homònima de Susan Power, membre de la tribu Standing Rock Sioux. En ambdós textos, a través de les paraules s’estableixen connexions rellevants amb l’Altre en espais a l’aire lliure, cosa que resulta en la disminució de les barreres que tant separen com connecten, i subverteix la interpretació dels pobles indígenes com a estranys portes endins de l’estat colonial dels Estats Units. El resultat és una reivindicació de la sobirania indígena i de l’activisme literari a través del valor epistemològic i ètic de la relacionalitat, així com una contribució als estudis d’hospitalitat en un sentit més ampli mitjançant la reivindicació del poder de la conversa i la literatura.

Biografia de l'autor/a

Silvia Martínez-Falquina, Universidad de Zaragoza

Profesora titular de Filología Inglesa, Universidad de Zaragoza

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Publicades

2023-10-31

Com citar

[1]
Martínez-Falquina, S. 2023. Of Strangers and Relations: Native American Hospitality in Toni Jensen and Susan Power. Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat. 29 (Oct. 2023), 19–33. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1344/Lectora2023.29.2.