Memory, postmemory and the role of narratives among women writers from the Adivasi communities of Goa
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to analyze the life narratives of women writers from the Adivasi community of Goa who consider themselves the first inhabitants of this Indian states. These narratives have been published in the blog ‘Hanv Konn. Who am I? Researching the Self’ organized by the late professor from the University of Goa, Alito Siqueira, whose aim is to give voice to these marginalized and silenced community. The analysis will be done in terms of the concepts of Postmemory (Hirsch, 1996, 1997, 2008), Trauma (Ginzburg, 2008; Balaev, 2008), Narrative (Bruner, 2002; Coracini, 2007), and Life-narratives (Smith & Watson, 2010). We contend that the best way these women authors found to deal with discrimination was by publicly acknowledging their cultural identity instead of veiling it as their parents as well as members of the community at large had done in the past.
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