Narrative Agency and Storied Becomings in Cherie Dimaline’s <i>The Marrow Thieves</i>
Set in a future in which North America has succumbed to ecological disaster and the settler-colonial inhabitants have lost the ability to dream, Cherie Dimaline’s novel, The Marrow Thieves , depicts how an ethics of reciprocal care for both humans and more-than-humans offers a means of resistance toward necropolitical colonial narratives of indigeneity. Throughout the novel, Story , dreams, and language are agential, and enact a communal being with such that the characters are able to see themselves not just in the past but also in the present and the future.
Authors
- Andrea Ruthven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6955-076X)
Institutions
- Fundació Universitat-Empresa de les Illes Balears (ES)
- Universitat de les Illes Balears (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Lagoonscapes
- Published
- 2024-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.30687/lgsp/2785-2709/2024/02/012
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.91