The Art of Appropriation: Catholicism in Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine

Authors

BUCHTOVÁ Pavla

Year of publication 2006
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Drápela M. and Vomlela, M. (eds.) Silesian Studies of English. Proceedings from the International Conference of English and American Studies
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

Citation
Field Mass media, audiovision
Keywords appropriation; catholicism; native american literature; Louise Erdrich
Description In The Empire Writes Back, the now classic study of post-colonial literatures, Bill Ashcroft defines the appropriation as a useful strategy to undermine the dominant position of Standard English over other forms of English. Though Ashcroft speaks primarily about the language appropriation, the concept can be applied to other fields as well. The paper focuses on the appropriation of Christianity in Louise Erdrich's novels (esp. in Love Medicine), the consequent clash between Christianity and the Chippewa religion, and on the effects this strategy had both on Christian and Chippewa religions.

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