Narrative Agency and Storied Becomings in Cherie Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves

Set in a future in which North America has succumbed to ecological disaster and the settler-colonial inhabitants have lost the ability to dream, Cherie Dimaline’s novel, The Marrow Thieves, depicts how an ethics of reciprocal care for both humans and more-than-humans offers a means of resistance...

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Published in:	Lagoonscapes
Main Author:	Ruthven, Andrea
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2024-12-01
Subjects:	Agential narrative. Eco-critical dystopia. Indigenous epistemologies. Land agency. The Marrow Thieves
Online Access:	http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2024/02/012

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