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Yıl 2025, Cilt: 24 Sayı: 4, 1595 - 1608, 30.10.2025
https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.1757247

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Kaynakça

  • Ashcroft, B., Griffiths, G., and Tiffin, H. (2002). The empire writes back: Theory and practice in post-colonial literatures. London and New York: Routledge.
  • Buell, L. (2011). Ecocriticism: Some emerging trends. Qui Parle, 19 (2), 87–115.
  • Direnç, D. (2007). Remembering a dismembered past and community: Linda Hogan’s narratives of healing, history and survival. In E. Chiavetta (Ed.), The language of autobiography (pp. 99–123). Roma: XL Edizioni.
  • Dreese, D. N. (2002). Ecocriticism: Creating self and place in environmental and American Indian literatures. New York: Peter Lang.
  • Foster, J. B. (1999). Marx’s theory of metabolic rift: Classical foundations for environmental sociology. American Journal of Sociology, 105 (2), 366–405.
  • Glazebrook, T. (2002). Karen Warren’s ecofeminism. Ethics and the Environment, 7 (2), 12–26.
  • Grewe-Volpp, C. (2002). The ecological Indian vs. the spiritually corrupt White man: The function of ethnocentric notions in Linda Hogan’s “Solar Storms.” Amerikastudien / American Studies, 47(2), 269–283.
  • Harrison, S. (2019). We need new stories: Trauma, storytelling, and the mapping of environmental injustice in Linda Hogan’s Solar storms and Standing rock. American Indian Quarterly, 43 (1), 1–25.
  • Hogan, L. (1995). Solar storms. New York: Scribner.
  • Hogan, L. (2001). The woman who watches over the world: A native memoir. New York: Norton.
  • Huggan, G., and Tiffin, H. (2009). Postcolonial ecocriticism. London: Routledge.
  • McClinton-Temple, J., and Velie, A. R. (2007). Encyclopedia of American Indian literature. New York: Facts On File.
  • Mies, M., and Shiva, V. (1993). Ecofeminism. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Oppermann, S. G. (2007). Ecological imperialism in British colonial fiction. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 24 (1), 179–194.
  • Plumwood, V. (2003). Feminism and the mastery of nature. London: Routledge.
  • Prabhakar, C. Tanaji. (2015). The fictional world of Linda Hogan: An ecofeministic perspective. Research Dimensions, 2(11), 1-5.
  • Pritzker, B. (1999). Native America today: A guide to community politics and culture. California: Abc-Clio.
  • Schultermandl, S. (2005). Fighting for the mother/land: An ecofeminist reading of Linda Hogan’s Solar storms. Studies in American Indian Literatures, 17 (3), 67–84.
  • Shiva, V. (1993). Women’s indigenous knowledge and biodiversity conservation. In M. Mies and V. Shiva (Eds.), Ecofeminism (pp. 164–173). London and New Jersey: Zed Books.
  • Spivak, G. C. (2013). Can the subaltern speak? In P. Williams and L. Chrisman (Eds.), Colonial discourse and post-colonial theory: A reader (pp. 66–111). New York: Routledge.
  • Stacks, G. (2010). A defiant cartography: Linda Hogan’s “Solar Storms.” Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, 43(1), 161–176.
  • Sturgeon, N. (1997). Ecofeminist natures: Race, gender, feminist theory and political action. New York: Routledge.
  • Warren, K. J. (2000). Ecofeminist philosophy: A western perspective on what it is and why it matters. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.
  • Williams, P. (2010). Colonial discourse and post-colonial theory: A reader. Harlow: Longman.

Mending Shells, Mending Worlds: Postcolonial Ecofeminism in Linda Hogan’s Solar Storms

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 24 Sayı: 4, 1595 - 1608, 30.10.2025
https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.1757247

Öz

Adopting a postcolonial ecofeminist framework, this paper explores Linda Hogan’s Solar Storms (1995), which makes a significant contribution to Native American literature, to investigate the intersections of environmental exploitation, Indigenous resistance, and women’s agency, while highlighting the novel’s recognition of Indigenous knowledge systems, its narration of collective trauma and healing, and its articulation of the intricate relationship between women and nature. First of all, this article examines the theoretical background of postcolonial theory and ecofeminist approaches that rely on the views of various thinkers and scholars in the relevant literature. Thus, it provides a rich background for the analysis of the novel. The novel’s political critique of colonialism and its legacy forms of domination, as well as the combined exploitation of land, animals, and Indigenous communities, especially women, are discussed in the context of ecological destruction and the strategies of resistance developed by native peoples against such destruction. Hogan offers the resistance practices that these communities have adopted against Eurocentric, anthropocentric, and patriarchal ideologies through the preservation of ecological wisdom, collective solidarity, and cultural healing processes. Furthermore, this study analyses how the novel, which is based on historical events such as the James Bay hydroelectric project, situates female characters such as Angel, Bush, and Dora-Rouge in the context of environmental activism, cultural resistance and feminist struggle. In conclusion, this work aims to prove that Solar Storms can be interpreted through a postcolonial ecofeminist lens in terms of its exposure of the interconnections between environmental degradation, cultural erosion, and the marginalization of Native American women, as well as its affirmation of Indigenous ecological knowledge and resistance to anthropocentric colonial structures.

Kaynakça

  • Ashcroft, B., Griffiths, G., and Tiffin, H. (2002). The empire writes back: Theory and practice in post-colonial literatures. London and New York: Routledge.
  • Buell, L. (2011). Ecocriticism: Some emerging trends. Qui Parle, 19 (2), 87–115.
  • Direnç, D. (2007). Remembering a dismembered past and community: Linda Hogan’s narratives of healing, history and survival. In E. Chiavetta (Ed.), The language of autobiography (pp. 99–123). Roma: XL Edizioni.
  • Dreese, D. N. (2002). Ecocriticism: Creating self and place in environmental and American Indian literatures. New York: Peter Lang.
  • Foster, J. B. (1999). Marx’s theory of metabolic rift: Classical foundations for environmental sociology. American Journal of Sociology, 105 (2), 366–405.
  • Glazebrook, T. (2002). Karen Warren’s ecofeminism. Ethics and the Environment, 7 (2), 12–26.
  • Grewe-Volpp, C. (2002). The ecological Indian vs. the spiritually corrupt White man: The function of ethnocentric notions in Linda Hogan’s “Solar Storms.” Amerikastudien / American Studies, 47(2), 269–283.
  • Harrison, S. (2019). We need new stories: Trauma, storytelling, and the mapping of environmental injustice in Linda Hogan’s Solar storms and Standing rock. American Indian Quarterly, 43 (1), 1–25.
  • Hogan, L. (1995). Solar storms. New York: Scribner.
  • Hogan, L. (2001). The woman who watches over the world: A native memoir. New York: Norton.
  • Huggan, G., and Tiffin, H. (2009). Postcolonial ecocriticism. London: Routledge.
  • McClinton-Temple, J., and Velie, A. R. (2007). Encyclopedia of American Indian literature. New York: Facts On File.
  • Mies, M., and Shiva, V. (1993). Ecofeminism. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Oppermann, S. G. (2007). Ecological imperialism in British colonial fiction. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 24 (1), 179–194.
  • Plumwood, V. (2003). Feminism and the mastery of nature. London: Routledge.
  • Prabhakar, C. Tanaji. (2015). The fictional world of Linda Hogan: An ecofeministic perspective. Research Dimensions, 2(11), 1-5.
  • Pritzker, B. (1999). Native America today: A guide to community politics and culture. California: Abc-Clio.
  • Schultermandl, S. (2005). Fighting for the mother/land: An ecofeminist reading of Linda Hogan’s Solar storms. Studies in American Indian Literatures, 17 (3), 67–84.
  • Shiva, V. (1993). Women’s indigenous knowledge and biodiversity conservation. In M. Mies and V. Shiva (Eds.), Ecofeminism (pp. 164–173). London and New Jersey: Zed Books.
  • Spivak, G. C. (2013). Can the subaltern speak? In P. Williams and L. Chrisman (Eds.), Colonial discourse and post-colonial theory: A reader (pp. 66–111). New York: Routledge.
  • Stacks, G. (2010). A defiant cartography: Linda Hogan’s “Solar Storms.” Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, 43(1), 161–176.
  • Sturgeon, N. (1997). Ecofeminist natures: Race, gender, feminist theory and political action. New York: Routledge.
  • Warren, K. J. (2000). Ecofeminist philosophy: A western perspective on what it is and why it matters. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.
  • Williams, P. (2010). Colonial discourse and post-colonial theory: A reader. Harlow: Longman.

Kabukları Onarmak, Dünyaları Onarmak: Linda Hogan’ın Solar Storms Romanında Postkolonyal Ekofeminizm

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 24 Sayı: 4, 1595 - 1608, 30.10.2025
https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.1757247

Öz

Sömürgecilik sonrası ekofeminist bir çerçeve benimseyen bu çalışma, Amerikan Yerli edebiyatına önemli bir katkı sunan Linda Hogan’ın Solar Storms (1995) adlı romanını inceleyerek çevresel sömürünün, yerel halkların direnişinin ve kadın öznesinin kesişim noktalarını araştırmaktadır. Çalışma ayrıca romanın Yerli bilgi sistemlerine verdiği değeri, toplumsal travma ve iyileşme süreçlerini anlatımını ve kadın ile doğa arasındaki karmaşık ilişkiyi dile getirişini vurgulamaktadır. Öncelikle, bu çalışma, postkolonyal kuram ile ekofeminist düşüncenin temel noktalarını, ilgili çeşitli düşünür ve akademisyenlerin görüşlerinden hareketle tartışmaya açmaktadır. Böylelikle, romanın analizi için sağlam bir kuramsal zemin hazırlamaktadır. Bunun yanı sıra, sözü geçen eserin sömürgecilik ve onun mirası olan tahakküm biçimleriyle birlikte toprak, hayvanlar ve Yerli kadınların iç içe geçmiş sömürüsüne yönelik sunduğu politik eleştiri, ekolojik yıkım ve yerli halkların bu yıkıma karşı geliştirdiği direniş stratejileri bağlamında ele alınmaktadır. Nitekim, Hogan, yerli halkların Avrupamerkezci, insanmerkezci ve ataerkil ideolojilere karşı geliştirdiği direniş pratiklerini; ekolojik bilgeliğin korunması, kolektif dayanışma ve kültürel iyileşme süreçleri üzerinden sunar. Sömürgecilik sonrası teori ve ekoeleştirinin temel kavramları doğrultusunda yapılan bu incelemede, travma ve iyileşme anlatılarının yanı sıra, yerli kadınların ekolojik bilgeliğin ve kültürel sürekliliğin taşıyıcısı olarak sunulması arasındaki ilişki sorgulanmaktadır. Ayrıca, James Bay hidroelektrik projesi gibi tarihsel olaylara dayanan romanın, Angel, Bush ve Dora-Rouge gibi kadın karakterleri çevresel aktivizm, kültürel direniş ve feminist mücadele ekseninde nasıl konumlandırdığı analiz edilmektedir. Sonuç olarak, bu çalışma, Solar Storms’un çevresel yıkım, kültürel aşınma ve Yerli Amerikalı kadınların ötekileştirilmesi arasındaki bağlantıları ortaya koyması; aynı zamanda yerel halklara ait ekolojik bilgiyi yüceltmesi ve insanmerkezci sömürgeci yapılara karşı direnmesi bakımından postkolonyal ekofeminist bir bakış açısından yorumlanabileceğini kanıtlamayı amaçlamaktadır.

Kaynakça

  • Ashcroft, B., Griffiths, G., and Tiffin, H. (2002). The empire writes back: Theory and practice in post-colonial literatures. London and New York: Routledge.
  • Buell, L. (2011). Ecocriticism: Some emerging trends. Qui Parle, 19 (2), 87–115.
  • Direnç, D. (2007). Remembering a dismembered past and community: Linda Hogan’s narratives of healing, history and survival. In E. Chiavetta (Ed.), The language of autobiography (pp. 99–123). Roma: XL Edizioni.
  • Dreese, D. N. (2002). Ecocriticism: Creating self and place in environmental and American Indian literatures. New York: Peter Lang.
  • Foster, J. B. (1999). Marx’s theory of metabolic rift: Classical foundations for environmental sociology. American Journal of Sociology, 105 (2), 366–405.
  • Glazebrook, T. (2002). Karen Warren’s ecofeminism. Ethics and the Environment, 7 (2), 12–26.
  • Grewe-Volpp, C. (2002). The ecological Indian vs. the spiritually corrupt White man: The function of ethnocentric notions in Linda Hogan’s “Solar Storms.” Amerikastudien / American Studies, 47(2), 269–283.
  • Harrison, S. (2019). We need new stories: Trauma, storytelling, and the mapping of environmental injustice in Linda Hogan’s Solar storms and Standing rock. American Indian Quarterly, 43 (1), 1–25.
  • Hogan, L. (1995). Solar storms. New York: Scribner.
  • Hogan, L. (2001). The woman who watches over the world: A native memoir. New York: Norton.
  • Huggan, G., and Tiffin, H. (2009). Postcolonial ecocriticism. London: Routledge.
  • McClinton-Temple, J., and Velie, A. R. (2007). Encyclopedia of American Indian literature. New York: Facts On File.
  • Mies, M., and Shiva, V. (1993). Ecofeminism. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing.
  • Oppermann, S. G. (2007). Ecological imperialism in British colonial fiction. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 24 (1), 179–194.
  • Plumwood, V. (2003). Feminism and the mastery of nature. London: Routledge.
  • Prabhakar, C. Tanaji. (2015). The fictional world of Linda Hogan: An ecofeministic perspective. Research Dimensions, 2(11), 1-5.
  • Pritzker, B. (1999). Native America today: A guide to community politics and culture. California: Abc-Clio.
  • Schultermandl, S. (2005). Fighting for the mother/land: An ecofeminist reading of Linda Hogan’s Solar storms. Studies in American Indian Literatures, 17 (3), 67–84.
  • Shiva, V. (1993). Women’s indigenous knowledge and biodiversity conservation. In M. Mies and V. Shiva (Eds.), Ecofeminism (pp. 164–173). London and New Jersey: Zed Books.
  • Spivak, G. C. (2013). Can the subaltern speak? In P. Williams and L. Chrisman (Eds.), Colonial discourse and post-colonial theory: A reader (pp. 66–111). New York: Routledge.
  • Stacks, G. (2010). A defiant cartography: Linda Hogan’s “Solar Storms.” Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, 43(1), 161–176.
  • Sturgeon, N. (1997). Ecofeminist natures: Race, gender, feminist theory and political action. New York: Routledge.
  • Warren, K. J. (2000). Ecofeminist philosophy: A western perspective on what it is and why it matters. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield.
  • Williams, P. (2010). Colonial discourse and post-colonial theory: A reader. Harlow: Longman.
Toplam 24 adet kaynakça vardır.

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil İngilizce
Konular Edebiyat Sosyolojisi
Bölüm İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı
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Yayımlanma Tarihi 30 Ekim 2025
Gönderilme Tarihi 2 Ağustos 2025
Kabul Tarihi 12 Ekim 2025
Yayımlandığı Sayı Yıl 2025 Cilt: 24 Sayı: 4

Kaynak Göster

APA Tatar, S. (2025). Mending Shells, Mending Worlds: Postcolonial Ecofeminism in Linda Hogan’s Solar Storms. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 24(4), 1595-1608. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.1757247