{"product_id":"emily-pauline-johnson-tekahionwake-or-the-mohawk-princess-von-birgit-lonnemann","title":"Emily Pauline Johnson: \"Tekahionwake\" or \"The Mohawk Princess\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 1999 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, University of Osnabrück (Fachbereich Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften), course: Sweetgrass Grows All Around Her: Native Women In The Arts, language: English, abstract: ¿Pauline Johnson¿s physical body died in 1913, but her spirit still communicates to us who are Native women writers. She walked the writing path clearing the brush for us to follow. And the road gets wider and closer each time a Native woman picks up her pen and puts her mark on paper.¿ (Brant \u0026amp; Laronde 1996: 84).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily Pauline Johnson seems to be the mother of all women writers of the First Nations. She is like a spiritual ancestor to all of them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily Pauline Johnson ¿ the daughter of a Native\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanadian father and an English mother ¿ used the Mohawk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ename ¿Tekahionwake¿ which she took from her greatgrandfather\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob Johnson. Being one of the most popular and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esuccessful entertainers and stage performers in Canada at the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eturn of the century, Johnson became known as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe ¿Mohawk Princess¿. She was not only one of the few female\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewriters of her time who managed to earn their living through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewriting and performing, but she was also the first Native poet in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanada who had her work published. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI decided to divide my paper into two main parts. On the one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehand, Emily Pauline Johnson¿s biography, her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyouth and her family, her career and her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etravels, and her identity are to be discussed. On the other hand, I will talk about Johnson¿s literary work, especially about ¿A Pagan In St. Paul¿s Cathedral¿ and ¿A Red Girl¿s Reasoning¿. I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewill finish my paper by giving a short conclusion to the topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640206308\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640206308","offer_id":39440591159389,"sku":"9783640206308","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/20dc9af0-1c94-4ec6-9fc4-635c1524f47f.jpg?v=1777529926","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/emily-pauline-johnson-tekahionwake-or-the-mohawk-princess-von-birgit-lonnemann","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}