The Demise of the Beothuk as a Past Still Present
This article aims to investigate contemporary cultural representations of the Beothuk Indians in art, literature and museum displays in Newfoundland, Canada, focussing on ways these reimagine the past for the present, offering perspectives on contested histories, such as the circumstances leading to...
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ftleedstupubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/7304a98e-b8da-46a4-9889-e28d77f4e8e4 2024-06-23T07:51:42+00:00 The Demise of the Beothuk as a Past Still Present Owen, Suzanne 2015-04 https://research.leedstrinity.ac.uk/en/publications/7304a98e-b8da-46a4-9889-e28d77f4e8e4 https://jisasr.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/the-demise-of-the-beothuk-as-a-past-still-present-pdf2.pdf eng eng https://research.leedstrinity.ac.uk/en/publications/7304a98e-b8da-46a4-9889-e28d77f4e8e4 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Owen , S 2015 , ' The Demise of the Beothuk as a Past Still Present ' , Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions , vol. 2 , no. 1 , pp. 119-139 . < https://jisasr.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/the-demise-of-the-beothuk-as-a-past-still-present-pdf2.pdf > article 2015 ftleedstupubl 2024-06-12T23:34:26Z This article aims to investigate contemporary cultural representations of the Beothuk Indians in art, literature and museum displays in Newfoundland, Canada, focussing on ways these reimagine the past for the present, offering perspectives on contested histories, such as the circumstances leading to the demise of the Beothuk. Wiped out through the impact of colonialism, the Beothuk are the 'absent other‘ who continue to be remembered and made present through the creative arts, largely at the expense of other indigenous groups on the island. Rather than focussing on the 'non-absent past‘, according to Polish scholar Ewa Domańska, 'instead we turn to a past that is somehow still present, that will not go away or, rather, that of which we cannot rid ourselves‘ (2006, 346). Depictions of the last Beothuk are part of a cultural remembering where guilt and reconciliation are played out through media of the imagination. Article in Journal/Newspaper Beothuk Newfoundland Leeds Trinity University: Research Canada |
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This article aims to investigate contemporary cultural representations of the Beothuk Indians in art, literature and museum displays in Newfoundland, Canada, focussing on ways these reimagine the past for the present, offering perspectives on contested histories, such as the circumstances leading to the demise of the Beothuk. Wiped out through the impact of colonialism, the Beothuk are the 'absent other‘ who continue to be remembered and made present through the creative arts, largely at the expense of other indigenous groups on the island. Rather than focussing on the 'non-absent past‘, according to Polish scholar Ewa Domańska, 'instead we turn to a past that is somehow still present, that will not go away or, rather, that of which we cannot rid ourselves‘ (2006, 346). Depictions of the last Beothuk are part of a cultural remembering where guilt and reconciliation are played out through media of the imagination. |
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Owen , S 2015 , ' The Demise of the Beothuk as a Past Still Present ' , Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions , vol. 2 , no. 1 , pp. 119-139 . < https://jisasr.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/the-demise-of-the-beothuk-as-a-past-still-present-pdf2.pdf > |
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