Words that matter : Yindyamarra, Wiradjuri resilience and the settler-colonial project in Tara June Winch’s The Yield

HORÁKOVÁ, Martina. Words that matter : Yindyamarra, Wiradjuri resilience and the settler-colonial project in Tara June Winch’s The Yield. World Literature Studies. Bratislava: Institute of World Literature, Slovak Academy od Sciences, 2023, roč. 15, č. 2, s. 88-100. ISSN 1337-9275. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.31577/WLS.2023.15.2.8.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Words that matter : Yindyamarra, Wiradjuri resilience and the settler-colonial project in Tara June Winch’s The Yield
• Autoři: HORÁKOVÁ, Martina (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí).
• Vydání: World Literature Studies, Bratislava, Institute of World Literature, Slovak Academy od Sciences, 2023, 1337-9275.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Obor: 60206 Specific literatures
• Stát vydavatele: Slovensko
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: URL
• Impakt faktor: Impact factor: 0.200 v roce 2022
• Kód RIV: RIV/00216224:14210/23:00134161
• Organizační jednotka: Filozofická fakulta
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/WLS.2023.15.2.8
• UT WoS: 001074872300009
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Indigenous resilience; Resilience-as-survivance; Yindyamarra; Tara June Winch; The Yield
• Štítky: rivok
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

This article explores the implications of the concept of resilience in contemporary Indigenous narratives in which resilience is commonly evoked in reference to the adaptation and persistence of Indigenous peoples and their cultures despite the settler-colonial policies of extermination and persisting pressure to assimilate. Simultaneously, however, Indigenous narratives also present a sustained critique of resilience as perpetuating settler-colonial dominance and cultural hegemony through co-opting Indigenous adaptability by global neoliberal governmentality. The analytical part uses the example of a recent Australian Indigenous novel, The Yield by the Wiradjuri writer Tara June Winch (2019), to demonstrate how a contemporary literary text can be instrumental in unpacking the entangled, double-edged nature of resilience. A close reading of several key moments from the novel points to its intentional ambiguities which not only highlight the linguistic and cultural renewal (which I call resilience-as-survivance) but also problematize Indigenous resilience by critiquing the ongoing, oppressive nature of the current settler-colonial project, whether in the space of the mainstream museum or environmental degradation (which I call resilience-as-risk).

Návaznosti

• GA19-11234S, projekt VaV: Název: Topos sounáležitosti s místem v memoárech australských osadníků

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Topos sounáležitosti s místem v memoárech australských osadníků

• MUNI/FF-DEAN/1775/2021, interní kód MU: Název: The Premise of (Un)Happiness: Anxiety of Settler-colonial Belonging in Canada (Akronym: The Premise of (Un)Happiness)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, The Premise of (Un)Happiness: Anxiety of Settler-colonial Belonging in Canada, Program děkana FF