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Indigenous Ecofeminism and Literature of Matrilineage in Linda Hogan’s "Solar Storms"
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This article focuses on indigenous ecofeminism and literature of matrilineage in Linda Hogan’s Solar Storms (1995), a novel of environmental protest and indigenous “survivance,” a portmanteau word from “survival” and “resistance.” It analyzes the ability of inter-female bonding in mending the protagonist’s broken connections with her communal and natural environment. It depicts a gynocratic community in which women enjoy a pivotal position as leaders, storytellers, and secret keepers of healing traditions. In this novel, indigenous feminism intersects with ecofeminism, highlighting woman–nature symbolic connections as well as woman’s role in ecological conservation.
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Hogan, Linda. (1990). Mean Spirit. New York: Ivy Books.
Hogan, Linda. (1995). Solar Storms. New York: Scribner.
Hogan, Linda. (1996). Dwellings. New York: Touchstone.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/ff.2020.38.2.237-249
Date of publication: 2020-12-29 08:17:01
Date of submission: 2020-02-17 23:52:00
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