REAL POWER IS IN COMPASSION: AN UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEW WITH JOY HARJO
REAL POWER IS IN COMPASSION: AN UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEW WITH JOY HARJO
Author(s): João De MancelosSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: European Americans; forgiveness; Native Americans; reconciliation
Summary/Abstract: The paper renders tha author's interview with Joy Harjo focusing on the strategies the latter uses to construct a discourse of reconciliation between Native Americans and European Americans. Harjo employs symbols, metaphors and connotation; associates hate with the cold season and love with spring and summer; and uses words from the context of war and peace, in order to create a new language of forgiveness.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2006
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 205-208
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
