“We Have Stuff Enough in Us to Get Better”: healing through truth telling in contemporary indigenous women’s literature

dc.contributor.advisorAndrews, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorWard, Margret Elaine
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:21:29Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:21:29Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2023-03-01T15:01:49Z
dc.description.abstractThrough its analysis of Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson’s “Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman”, Katherena Vermette’s “The Break”, and Tracey Lindberg’s “Birdie”, this thesis explores the ways in which Indigenous women’s literature works as both a medium of historical and contemporary truth telling and a medium of healing from ongoing gendered colonial violence. By giving voice to the most heavily silenced – Indigenous women – these texts work to humanize and validate those whom Canada has judged sexualized and disposable. In doing so, they not only have the capacity to positively alter how Indigenous women and their experiences are perceived by settlers, but also to heal Indigenous peoples by offering alternative representations to those circulated by the dominant culture. In these ways, Indigenous women’s literature proves invaluable to fostering a better future for Indigenous peoples and settlers alike.
dc.description.copyright© Maggie Ward, 2018
dc.formattext/xml
dc.format.extentv, 97 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13626
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineEnglish
dc.title“We Have Stuff Enough in Us to Get Better”: healing through truth telling in contemporary indigenous women’s literature
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Arts
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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