Urban indians in the short fiction of Sherman Alexie.

  1. Aitor Ibarrola-Armendariz 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Deusto
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    Universidad de Deusto

    Bilbao, España

    ROR https://ror.org/00ne6sr39

Revista:
Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos

ISSN: 1133-309X,  2253-8410

Año de publicación: 2019

Número: 23

Páginas: 209-230

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.12795/REN.2019.I23.10 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos

Resumen

Aunque solemos pensar en los indios americanos montando a caballo y cazando búfalos, lo cierto es que tres de cada cuatro viven ahora en ciudades. Las migraciones desde las zonas agrestes y las reservas hacia las metrópolis comenzaron a finales del siglo XIX, pero sólo se consolidaron a partir de la 2ª Guerra Mundial. Si bien las primeras obras de Sherman Alexie se centraban en los problemas de los indios en las reservas, con la llegada del nuevo milenio sus relatos pasan a retratar la experiencia de la diáspora nativa en las grandes urbes. En las dos colecciones de relatos The Toughest Indian in the World (2000) and Ten Little Indians (2003), Alexie describe las complejas y volátiles relaciones que los indios establecen en los fluidos y variados espacios urbanos. Estas nuevas relaciones se ven marcadas por sentimientos de pérdida (de lazos tribales), alienación (frente a otros grupos humanos), nostalgia, ambición y otras afecciones psico-sociales. Con la ayuda de las ideas de expertos como James Clifford, Donald Fixico, Susan Lobo, and David Rice, este artículo analiza las profundas transformaciones y problemas de identidad experimentados por los indios en estos entornos urbanos.

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The research carried out for the writing of this article has been partly funded by the Basque Government (code: IT1224-19) and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (code: PGC2018-094659-B-C21). A shorter version of the article was presented at the "IV International Conference on the American Literary and Cultural West / The West Travels beyond Itself: New Spaces, New Voices, New Forms, " held at the University of the Basque Country in Vitoria-Gasteiz in October 2018. I want to express my gratitude to the organizers and participants in the Conference. Thank you also to Ms. Lesley Lee for her revision of the final manuscript.

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