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@inbook{1130164,
author = {Horáková, Martina},
address = {Brno},
booktitle = {Variations on Community : The Canadian Space},
editor = {Otrísalová, Lucie; Martonyi, Éva},
keywords = {Eden Robinson; Monkey Beach; postcolonial Gothic},
howpublished = {tištěná verze "print"},
language = {eng},
location = {Brno},
isbn = {978-80-210-6404-1},
pages = {137-147},
publisher = {Central European Association for Canadian Studies},
title = {A Lesson to Be Learned: Reclaiming the Region in Eden Robinson's *Monkey Beach*},
year = {2013}
}
TY - CHAP
ID - 1130164
AU - Horáková, Martina
PY - 2013
TI - A Lesson to Be Learned: Reclaiming the Region in Eden Robinson's *Monkey Beach*
VL - Neuveden
PB - Central European Association for Canadian Studies
CY - Brno
SN - 9788021064041
KW - Eden Robinson
KW - Monkey Beach
KW - postcolonial Gothic
N2 - Eden Robinson's first novel Monkey Beach (2000) offers a complex representation of contemporary Indigeneity in Canada. Set on the northwest coast of British Columbia, it has often been read as an example of northern postcolonial Gothic, a genre operating mainly through the tropes of haunting in the context of a settler nation. This article aims to analyze the ways in which Robinson reclaims the region of the Haisla nation, particularly through "lessons" dispersed throughout the texts: they are geography "lessons" inviting the readers to re-assess the spatial markers of the territory that belongs to the Other and that has been exploited by the colonizers. Second, they are "lessons" in traditional Haisla knowledge that, by openly competing with popular culture references, also make readers aware of a profound cultural difference and thus defamiliarize the cultural space in question. And lastly, they are "lessons" in Indigenous spirituality that, by turning the ghosts and monsters into a familiar part of everyday Haisla reality, bring home the novel's implicit critique of Western skepticism and spiritual emptiness.
ER -
HORÁKOVÁ, Martina. A Lesson to Be Learned: Reclaiming the Region in Eden Robinson's *Monkey Beach*. In Otrísalová, Lucie; Martonyi, Éva. \textit{Variations on Community : The Canadian Space}. Brno: Central European Association for Canadian Studies, 2013, p.~137-147. ISBN~978-80-210-6404-1.
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