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POSITIONALITY AND NORMATIVE GEOGRAPHIES IN NATIVE AMERICAN WOMENS WRITINGS

33 Pages : 317-323

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).33      10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).33      Published : Sep 2020

Positionality and Normative Geographies in Native American Women's Writings

    The present study aims to revisit Louise Erdrich's Tracks, Polingaysi Qoyawayma's No Turning Back, and Diane Glancy's The Reason for Crows to understand the portrayal of normative geographies in these works. The study considers Tim Cresswell's theoretical formulations of normative geography to explore the constitution and Native American women's positionality within these normative geographic structures. The study maintains that Native American normative geographies are structured to maintain Native American patriarchal socio-cultural supremacy. The study also asserts that Native American woman is located at the margin of these biased normative geographic structures.

    Marginalization, Native American Fiction, Native American Patriarchy, Native American Woman, Normative Geography
    (1) Fasih ur Rehman
    Lecturer in English, Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Atta-ul-Mustafa
    Assistant Professor (English), Department of Humanities & Linguistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Mahjabeen
    Lecturer in English, Department of English, Lahore College for Women University, Jhang Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Rehman, F. u., Atta-ul-Mustafa., & Mahjabeen. (2020). Positionality and Normative Geographies in Native American Women's Writings. Global Regional Review, V(III), 317-323. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).33
    CHICAGO : Rehman, Fasih ur, Atta-ul-Mustafa, and Mahjabeen. 2020. "Positionality and Normative Geographies in Native American Women's Writings." Global Regional Review, V (III): 317-323 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).33
    HARVARD : REHMAN, F. U., ATTA-UL-MUSTAFA. & MAHJABEEN. 2020. Positionality and Normative Geographies in Native American Women's Writings. Global Regional Review, V, 317-323.
    MHRA : Rehman, Fasih ur, Atta-ul-Mustafa, and Mahjabeen. 2020. "Positionality and Normative Geographies in Native American Women's Writings." Global Regional Review, V: 317-323
    MLA : Rehman, Fasih ur, Atta-ul-Mustafa, and Mahjabeen. "Positionality and Normative Geographies in Native American Women's Writings." Global Regional Review, V.III (2020): 317-323 Print.
    OXFORD : Rehman, Fasih ur, Atta-ul-Mustafa, , and Mahjabeen, (2020), "Positionality and Normative Geographies in Native American Women's Writings", Global Regional Review, V (III), 317-323
    TURABIAN : Rehman, Fasih ur, Atta-ul-Mustafa, and Mahjabeen. "Positionality and Normative Geographies in Native American Women's Writings." Global Regional Review V, no. III (2020): 317-323. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).33