Two-Spirit Identities in Canada: Mapping Sovereign Erotic in Joshua Whitehead’s Jonny Appleseed
In colonial times, mapping the New World functioned as an inherent mechanism of exerting colonial domination over Indigenous lands, enacting settler presence on these territories. While the colonial cartographies projected ownership, the non-normative mappings emerging from Aboriginal writing provid...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:012192eaad0d42d3bf5c46237b54e6ae 2023-05-15T16:16:24+02:00 Two-Spirit Identities in Canada: Mapping Sovereign Erotic in Joshua Whitehead’s Jonny Appleseed Siepak Julia 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2020-0024 https://doaj.org/article/012192eaad0d42d3bf5c46237b54e6ae EN eng Sciendo https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2020-0024 https://doaj.org/toc/0081-6272 https://doaj.org/toc/2082-5102 0081-6272 2082-5102 doi:10.2478/stap-2020-0024 https://doaj.org/article/012192eaad0d42d3bf5c46237b54e6ae Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, Vol 55, Iss s2, Pp 495-515 (2020) two-spirit indigiqueer queer indigenous studies indigenous literature first nations literature sovereign erotic English language PE1-3729 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2020-0024 2022-12-31T06:12:46Z In colonial times, mapping the New World functioned as an inherent mechanism of exerting colonial domination over Indigenous lands, enacting settler presence on these territories. While the colonial cartographies projected ownership, the non-normative mappings emerging from Aboriginal writing provide an alternative to settler Canadian geography. This article focuses on the imaginative geographies depicted in Joshua Whitehead’s Jonny Appleseed (2018), which recounts the story of a young Two-Spirit man who searches for his identity in-between the reserve and the city. The objective of the analysis is to tie the representation of the contemporary queer Indigenous condition with the alternative mappings emerging from Whitehead’s novel. In order to address the contemporary Two-Spirit condition in Canada, the article applies current theories proposed by the field of queer Indigenous studies, including the concept of sovereign erotic, which further allows the presentation of the potential of Two-Spirit bodies to transgress colonial cartographies. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 55 s2 495 515 |
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In colonial times, mapping the New World functioned as an inherent mechanism of exerting colonial domination over Indigenous lands, enacting settler presence on these territories. While the colonial cartographies projected ownership, the non-normative mappings emerging from Aboriginal writing provide an alternative to settler Canadian geography. This article focuses on the imaginative geographies depicted in Joshua Whitehead’s Jonny Appleseed (2018), which recounts the story of a young Two-Spirit man who searches for his identity in-between the reserve and the city. The objective of the analysis is to tie the representation of the contemporary queer Indigenous condition with the alternative mappings emerging from Whitehead’s novel. In order to address the contemporary Two-Spirit condition in Canada, the article applies current theories proposed by the field of queer Indigenous studies, including the concept of sovereign erotic, which further allows the presentation of the potential of Two-Spirit bodies to transgress colonial cartographies. |
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