Stories as “med-sins”: Lee Maracle’s Ravensong and Celia’s Song

This article posits the centrality of stories as agents of potential harm and healing in the revalorization of Indigenous epistemologies and contemporary decolonizing efforts. Reading in tandem the stories woven within the novels Ravensong (1993) by Salish-Métis author Lee Maracle and its sequel Cel...

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Autores: Fraile Marcos, Ana María, López-Serrano, Lucía
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
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Epidemic
Indigenous
Resurgence
5101 Antropología Cultural
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spelling Stories as “med-sins”: Lee Maracle’s Ravensong and Celia’s SongFraile Marcos, Ana MaríaLópez-Serrano, LucíaLee MaracleEpidemicIndigenousResurgence5101 Antropología CulturalThis article posits the centrality of stories as agents of potential harm and healing in the revalorization of Indigenous epistemologies and contemporary decolonizing efforts. Reading in tandem the stories woven within the novels Ravensong (1993) by Salish-Métis author Lee Maracle and its sequel Celia’s Song (2014), it brings to light a model of community-centred health policing in the earlier novel that turns into a powerful call for decolonization and Indigenous resurgence in Celia’s Song. The use of illness tropes in these novels goes beyond exposing the damaging by-products of colonialism, manifested as a transgenerational epidemic of violence amongst the Indigenous population, to create powerful images of Indigenous resurgence and Indigenous–settler engagement. These analyses are contextualized within the current COVID-19 pandemic and draw on, among other sources, Lee Maracle’s own critical reflections on the cultural and healing roles of stories, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s writing on Indigenous resistance and resurgence.Taylor & Francis202420242021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/154221reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésPID2020-113190GB-C22info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1542212026-06-07T06:28:51Z
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title Stories as “med-sins”: Lee Maracle’s Ravensong and Celia’s Song
spellingShingle Stories as “med-sins”: Lee Maracle’s Ravensong and Celia’s Song
Fraile Marcos, Ana María
Lee Maracle
Epidemic
Indigenous
Resurgence
5101 Antropología Cultural
title_short Stories as “med-sins”: Lee Maracle’s Ravensong and Celia’s Song
title_full Stories as “med-sins”: Lee Maracle’s Ravensong and Celia’s Song
title_fullStr Stories as “med-sins”: Lee Maracle’s Ravensong and Celia’s Song
title_full_unstemmed Stories as “med-sins”: Lee Maracle’s Ravensong and Celia’s Song
title_sort Stories as “med-sins”: Lee Maracle’s Ravensong and Celia’s Song
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fraile Marcos, Ana María
López-Serrano, Lucía
author Fraile Marcos, Ana María
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López-Serrano, Lucía
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Epidemic
Indigenous
Resurgence
5101 Antropología Cultural
topic Lee Maracle
Epidemic
Indigenous
Resurgence
5101 Antropología Cultural
description This article posits the centrality of stories as agents of potential harm and healing in the revalorization of Indigenous epistemologies and contemporary decolonizing efforts. Reading in tandem the stories woven within the novels Ravensong (1993) by Salish-Métis author Lee Maracle and its sequel Celia’s Song (2014), it brings to light a model of community-centred health policing in the earlier novel that turns into a powerful call for decolonization and Indigenous resurgence in Celia’s Song. The use of illness tropes in these novels goes beyond exposing the damaging by-products of colonialism, manifested as a transgenerational epidemic of violence amongst the Indigenous population, to create powerful images of Indigenous resurgence and Indigenous–settler engagement. These analyses are contextualized within the current COVID-19 pandemic and draw on, among other sources, Lee Maracle’s own critical reflections on the cultural and healing roles of stories, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s writing on Indigenous resistance and resurgence.
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