As flechas de Olowaili: o som, o movimento e a cultura Guna em Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots por Monique Mojica

  • Daniel Wayne Hopkins Tarrant County College
Palavras-chave: Monique Mojica, Guna, Ficção autobigráfica, Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots

Resumo

Este artigo examina o drama Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots (1991), da dramaturga Guna Rappahannock, Monique Mojica, utilizando um enfoque sobre a cultura e a linguagem dos indígenas Guna para demonstrar que Mojica inclui a linguagem e elementos Gunano em seu drama que outros críticos anteriormente ignoraram. Considerando a arte de costurar as molas (uma vestimenta tradicional Guna), as histórias da tradição oral Guna lado a lado das histórias pessoais de sua família, o seu nome Guna, Olowaili e teorias do drama, é possível concluir que sua obra é muito mais autobiográfica do que tem pensado. Mojica não somente conta as histórias das outras mulheres indígenas afetadas pela colonização, como anteriormente sugerido em outras leituras críticas, ela inclui suas próprias conexões com a história e a cultura Guna para recriar sua identidade como mulher indígena Guna.

Biografia do Autor

Daniel Wayne Hopkins, Tarrant County College
I am an Associate Professor of Spanish at Tarrant County College.  Apart from my years in academia, I have also work closely with the Guna community, living for two years in the community of Uggubseni, Guna Yala in the Republic of Panama.

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Publicado
2017-01-04
Seção
Dossiê À procura de novos paradigmas: estudos indígenas no Canadá e nas Américas