L’escriptora i els guerrillers: Caminant amb els camarades, d’Arundhati Roy

• Teresa Iribarren ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

     Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

     Barcelona, España

     
• Localización: Narratives of violence / coord. por Teresa Iribarren i Donadeu, Roger Canadell, Josep-Anton Fernàndez Montolí, 2021, ISBN 978-88-6969-460-8, págs. 121-142
• Idioma: catalán
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  • Arundhati Roy’s Walking with the Comrades (2010) is a controversial oeuvre. Itis the story of the writer’s long march with young Naxalite guerrillas through the forestsof India. Roy narrates the struggle of the militias to defend their natural habitat from theplunder of government and corporations, and shows the richness of their tribal culture,which is in danger of being annihilated. Despite the fact that in India the work has beencensured, this chapter will present four arguments to promote it among youth, especiallyin the global North. This chapter aims to prove that reading Walking with the Comradescan contribute to the formation of a critical citizenship, better equipped to build newpolitical imaginaries, more egalitarian and respectful of all forms of life and habitats.