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KRÁSNÁ, Denisa. 'Decolonize Your Diet' : Decolonial Animal Ethic in Eden Robinson’s Trickster Trilogy. In NeMLA's 53rd Annual Convention, March 10-13,2022, Baltimore, USA. 2022.

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Original name	'Decolonize Your Diet' : Decolonial Animal Ethic in Eden Robinson’s Trickster Trilogy
Authors	KRÁSNÁ, Denisa.
Edition	NeMLA's 53rd Annual Convention, March 10-13,2022, Baltimore, USA, 2022.

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Original language	English
Type of outcome	Presentations at conferences
Field of Study	60206 Specific literatures
Country of publisher	United States of America
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW	URL
Organization unit	Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English	Eden Robinson; The Trickster Trilogy; Food Justice; Indigenous Veganism; Decolonization; Food Decolonization; Politics of Consumption
Tags	Eden Robinson, First Nations literature, Food deolonization, Food Injustice, Food sovereignty, Indigenous literature, Indigenous Veganism, Politics of Consumption, The Trickster Trilogy
Tags	International impact
Changed by	Changed by: Mgr. Denisa Krásná, BA (Hons), Ph.D., učo 415695. Changed: 22/3/2023 18:19.

Abstract
In the present colonial context, discussions about the position and treatment of other-than-human animals abound in Indigenous communities but food ethics remains a controversial topic. The award-winning First Nation writer Eden Robinson (Haisla/Heiltsuk) reflects this debate in her latest novels Son of a Trickster (2017) and Trickster Drift (2018). This paper analyses Robinson’s novels through the lens of Billy-Ray Belcourtʼs decolonial animal ethic that sees decolonization of Indigenous peoples and other-than-human animals as interconnected. Robinson presents several human and other-than-human characters with divergent points of view on food ethics, the relationship between human and other-than-human animals, and decolonization. Furthermore, by focusing on the intersections of violence against (Indigenous) women and other-than-human animals, the novels put emphasis on the concurrent liberation of both. The novels highlight the significance of food decolonization and as such constitute an important addition to decolonial narratives that challenge traditional anthropocentric worldview.

Abstract

In the present colonial context, discussions about the position and treatment of other-than-human animals abound in Indigenous communities but food ethics remains a controversial topic. The award-winning First Nation writer Eden Robinson (Haisla/Heiltsuk) reflects this debate in her latest novels Son of a Trickster (2017) and Trickster Drift (2018). This paper analyses Robinson’s novels through the lens of Billy-Ray Belcourtʼs decolonial animal ethic that sees decolonization of Indigenous peoples and other-than-human animals as interconnected. Robinson presents several human and other-than-human characters with divergent points of view on food ethics, the relationship between human and other-than-human animals, and decolonization. Furthermore, by focusing on the intersections of violence against (Indigenous) women and other-than-human animals, the novels put emphasis on the concurrent liberation of both. The novels highlight the significance of food decolonization and as such constitute an important addition to decolonial narratives that challenge traditional anthropocentric worldview.

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CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/19_073/0016943, interní kód MU (CEP code: EF19_073/0016943)	Name: Interní grantová agentura Masarykovy univerzity (Acronym: IGA MU)
	Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Priority axis 2: Development of universities and human resources for research and development
MUNI/IGA/1030/2021, interní kód MU	Name: Redefining “Outdoorsy” via Decolonial Outdoor Counternarratives: Racism, Sexism, and Colonialism in Outdoor Spaces (Acronym: Decolonial Outdoor Narratives)
MUNI/IGA/1030/2021, interní kód MU	Investor: Masaryk University