MEMORY AND RESISTANCE INTERTWINED: JOY HARJO’S CRAZY BRAVE
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https://doi.org/10.47250/intrell.v32i1.12865Abstract
My objective along this article is to discuss intersectionality and feminist thought, especially from the viewpoint of native women writers in North America, stressing the way such texts in English are crossed by diverse gender, race, class, world perspectives. Departing from feminist and gender discussions, mainly those proposed by black and native voices, having as a theoretical support bell hooks, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Lélia Gonzáles, Carla Akotirene, among others, my idea is to point out, in the literary text studied, that is, Crazy Brave, by Joy Harjo, how a radical antiessentialism helps destabilizing positions in respect to women, women writers and their social roles, even from feminist perspectives.
KEYWORDS: Native literature. Joy Harjo. Intersectionality. Feminism. Memoir.
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