Sanando los embrujos: Un análisis del discurso del dolor en la poesía de Dos espíritus

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/rk.v47i3.57323

Palabras clave:

literaturas indígenas, biespíritu, indígena queer, poesía, duelo

Resumen

Este artículo proporciona un análisis del discurso de dos poemas seleccionados del libro Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two-Spirit Literature (Driskill et al., 2011b) para explorar el concepto de duelo en la poesía indígena Two-Spirit/Queer. Analiza la dicción, la voz, la formalidad, los temas, las metáforas, los símiles, la personificación y el uso de la repetición que utilizan los autores para representar el duelo y descubrir las realidades sociales, culturales y políticas y las prácticas discursivas detrás de los poemas. Se concluye que, a través de su expresión de dolor, los poetas destacan el surgimiento y la perdurabilidad de una comunidad y un pueblo que seguirán luchando por la supervivencia y el derecho a vivir en paz y armonía fuera de los binomios sexuales y de género coloniales. Ambos poemas se relacionan con un sentido continuo de identidad de dos espíritus que llama a nuevas generaciones de indígenas queer/personas de dos espíritus mientras recuerdan su historia y a los ancianos que vinieron antes para sanar traumas personales e históricos, a menudo a través de la conexión con la naturaleza, sus antepasados y la espiritualidad.

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Mónica Bradley, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.

    Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. M.Ed Educación Inglesa, ULACIT, M.A. Estudios de la Mujer, UCR. 

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Publicado

2023-10-29

Cómo citar

Bradley, M. (2023). Sanando los embrujos: Un análisis del discurso del dolor en la poesía de Dos espíritus. Káñina, 47(3), 115-142. https://doi.org/10.15517/rk.v47i3.57323