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@article{845520, author = {Horáková, Martina}, article_location = {Brno}, article_number = {-}, keywords = {first nations; Beth Brant; multiple identities; life-writing}, language = {eng}, issn = {1213-7715}, journal = {Central European Journal of Canadian Studies}, title = {"Writing life and baking bread : Beth Brant's multiple identities in writing as witness"}, volume = {roč. 6}, year = {2009} }
TY - JOUR ID - 845520 AU - Horáková, Martina PY - 2009 TI - "Writing life and baking bread : Beth Brant's multiple identities in writing as witness" JF - Central European Journal of Canadian Studies VL - roč. 6 IS - - SP - 19-28 EP - 19-28 PB - Masarykova univerzita SN - 12137715 KW - first nations KW - Beth Brant KW - multiple identities KW - life-writing N2 - This paper examines the writing of the First Nations author Beth Brant, particularly her collection of critical and personal essays Writing As Witness (1994). Brant inscribes in her texts her multiple identities as an Indigenous writer, Mohawk woman, and a lesbian feminist, representing sometimes conflicting, sometimes affirming intersections of ethnicity/race, gender, sexuality and religion. In addition, Brant's narrative strategies in the multi-generic pieces interweave her personal observations on her own life, on First Nations literature and history, on important concepts in First Nations spiritual existence, and on the contested positions that Native women occupy in contemporary Canadian society. Finally, the paper points to Brant's contribution to feminist discourse on women's sexuality and lesbian identity through her elaboration on the concept of Two-Spiritedness. I suggest that this particular collection promotes a specific writing style in the genre of personal non-fiction and life writing, which has recently gained popularity among Indigenous women writers. ER -
HORÁKOVÁ, Martina. ''Writing life and baking bread : Beth Brant's multiple identities in writing as witness''. \textit{Central European Journal of Canadian Studies}. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, roč. 6, -, s.~19-28. ISSN~1213-7715.
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