Matrilineal Narratives: Learning from Voices and Objects

Title
Matrilineal Narratives: Learning from Voices and Objects
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Nye, Adele
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1603-2643
Email: anye@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:anye
Barker, Lorina
Charteris, Jennifer
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1554-6730
Email: jcharte5@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jcharte5
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Hecate Press
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:19821
Abstract
The matrilineal line is a precious connection although it is sometimes disrupted and marked by absence. In this paper we explore notions of generational connections and loss among women in our families. Three women scholars from a regional university, we are interested in the agency of objects, as discussed by Eva Domanska in 2005, and their role in feminist research. In particular we consider the entanglements between matrilineal voice and objects that produce possibilities for care and nurturing across generations. Through our conversations, we discovered that our grandmothers' and great-grandmothers' stories shared threads of similarity. We tell these stories through the collective biography of poems and prose leveraged from significant objects that highlight the "generational nurturing," researched by Nye. We disclose our attempts to reconstruct and reconnect with the women of our matrilineal lines across decades. We embed new layers in our retelling of old stories to our daughters and nieces.
Link
Citation
Hecate, 41(1&2), p. 180-190
ISSN
1839-4213
0311-4198
Start page
180
End page
190

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