La solidité des filles chez Naomi Fontaine

• Main Author: Papillon, Joëlle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Université du Québec à Rimouski 2019
• Subjects: litt; lang; The Guardians; inuit
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/tangence/666

This article analyzes the representation of girls in Kuessipan (2011) and Manikanetish (2017) by the Inuit writer Naomi Fontaine. The main characters in both novels are sturdy, capable girls, who lead non-Indigenous readers to question the stereotyped view of Indigenous girls as individuals in distr...