‘Other’ voices in Canadá: no Language is Neutral and other poems of Dionne Brand

Authors

  • Francieli de Oliveira Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0383.2012v33n2p193

Keywords:

Multiculturalism, Canada. Hyphen. Poetry.

Abstract

This work aims the analysis of some of Dionne Brand’s poems. Caribbean and an immigrant in Canada, Brand discusses social polemics issues, such as racism, sexuality, feminism, and marginalization. Thus, we selected some texts to analyze its content and verify if these problems are reflected in her speech as a writer. Considering that Brand is black, immigrant and woman, her poetry reflects a hyphenated position, it express in its content relation to Caribbean, in her style and language that evolves the ‘demotic’ used as resistance ways for many oppressions that Caribbean immigrants still suffer in Canada, country which has adopted the multiculturalism politics.

Author Biography

Francieli de Oliveira, Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Graduada em Letras Inglês pela Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste – UNICENTRO. Especialista em Ensino de Línguas Estrangeiras e mestranda em Estudos da Linguagem pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Published

2013-03-17

How to Cite

OLIVEIRA, Francieli de. ‘Other’ voices in Canadá: no Language is Neutral and other poems of Dionne Brand. Semina: Ciências Sociais e Humanas, [S. l.], v. 33, n. 2, p. 193–202, 2013. DOI: 10.5433/1679-0383.2012v33n2p193. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminasoc/article/view/13080. Acesso em: 5 jul. 2024.

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