New Trends in Native American Studies: The Road Back to Sweetgrass and the Palimpsest Approach to Native Fiction

Martínez Falquina, Silvia (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: The reflection on the positioning of Native American Studies within the U.S. and European academic contexts, which this special issue is devoted to, is particularly relevant — if not altogether urgent — at the current time. In the second half of the 2010s, the political climate is rapidly becoming more and more unstable, with a worrying turn to radical conservatism and the closure of geographical boundaries. The refugee crisis, the backlash of feminism, or the endangering of the rights of minorities, sadly indicate that equality, freedom and justice are far from being generally granted to millions of people around the world. In spite of this extremely discouraging context, however, and clearly as a direct reaction to it, activism is growing strong: The Black Lives Matter actions, the Women’s March Movement, or the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests are just three examples of the current reengagement with civil rights on which people are laying their highest hopes for a better future. Needless...

Idioma: Inglés

Año: 2017

Publicado en: Iperstoria 9 (2017), 79-89
ISSN: 2281-4582

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FFI2015-65775-P

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Filología Inglesa (Dpto. Filolog.Inglesa y Alema.)