Decolonial Animal Ethic and Indigenous Veganism in Eden Robinson’s The Trickster Trilogy

KRÁSNÁ, Denisa. Decolonial Animal Ethic and Indigenous Veganism in Eden Robinson’s The Trickster Trilogy. In 21st annual meeting of Czech and Slovak Canadianists, Embassy of Canada to Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic. 2024.

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Originální název

Decolonial Animal Ethic and Indigenous Veganism in Eden Robinson’s The Trickster Trilogy

Autoři

KRÁSNÁ, Denisa

Vydání

21st annual meeting of Czech and Slovak Canadianists, Embassy of Canada to Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, 2024

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Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Vyžádané přednášky

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Canadian studies; Eden Robinson; Canadian literature; Trickster Trilogy; Veganism; Indigenous studies; First Nations literature

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V originále

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 the Western anthropocentric worldview.