Abstracts
Résumé
Cet article met à contribution les écritures littéraires autochtones et la manière dont celles-ci peuvent devenir des lieux de savoirs situés et relationnels qui engagent un processus de revitalisation des connaissances féminines en lien avec Tipiskâwi-pîsim, la Lune en nehiyawewin. Ce faisant, il aborde le lien entre Tipiskâwi-pîsim et les jeunes filles autochtones à partir de l’expérience des premières menstruations et de sa représentation en littérature en formulant la question suivante : comment la littérature permet-elle une reprise en charge narrative et symbolique des savoirs féminins autochtones associés aux menstruations et quel rôle joue Tipiskâwi-pîsim dans la constitution et la revitalisation de ces savoirs à la fois culturels et corporels ? Afin de répondre à cette question, l’autrice analyse le recueil Burning in this Midnight Dream de la poète nehiyaw Louise Bernice Halfe et l’album jeunesse Moon Time Prayer de l’autrice métisse de la Rivière Rouge Cindy Gaudet.
Mots-clés :
- Lune,
- menstruations,
- femmes et filles autochtones,
- littérature contemporaine,
- résurgence culturelle
Abstract
This article examines Indigenous literary writings and how they become sites of situated and relational understanding that engage in a process of revitalizing female knowledge in relation to Tipiskâwi-pîsim, the Moon in Nehiyawewin. It addresses the connection between Tipiskâwi-pîsim and young Indigenous girls through the experience of first menstruation and its representation in literature, formulating the following question: how does literary work allow for a narrative and symbolic recovery of Indigenous feminine knowledge associated with menstruation, and what role does Tipiskâwi-pîsim play in the constitution and revitalization of this knowledge, which is both cultural and corporeal? To answer this question, the author analyzes Burning in this Midnight Dream by Nehiyaw poet Louise Bernice Halfe and the childrens’ book Moon Time Prayer by Red River Métis author Cindy Gaudet.
Keywords:
- Moon,
- menstruations,
- Indigenous women and girls,
- contemporary literature,
- cultural resurgence
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