ABSTRACT
Through specific and rigorous analysis of contemporary literary texts, this book shows how writers from inside effected communities portray indigeneity, displacement, and trauma. In a world of increasing global inequality, this study aims to demonstrate how literature, and the study of it, can effect positive social change, notably in the face of global environmental, economic, and social injustice. This collection brings together a diverse and compelling array of voices from academics leading their fields around the world, to pioneer a new approach to literary analysis anchored in engagement with our changing world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|103 pages
Migration
chapter 2|17 pages
“Tear Down This Wall”
chapter 6|19 pages
They Won’t Take Me Alive
part 2|74 pages
Indigeneity
chapter 7|10 pages
Dreams in a Time of Dystopic Colonialism
chapter 8|16 pages
Indigenous Libretto and Aural Memory
chapter 10|16 pages
Writing Memory, Practicing Resistance
chapter 11|16 pages
Women’s Bodies in Indigenous Literatures
part 3|76 pages
Trauma