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'''Naomi Littlebear Morena''' (1950 – ) is a musician and writer most known for her work "You Can't Kill the Spirit," a feminist resistance anthem which was sung by over 30,000 women at the [[Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975|last=Love|first=Barbara|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=2006|isbn=9780252031892|location=|pages=322}}</ref>. Morena was described as a self-taught artist who "emerged on her own brilliance" and a "hippie street person hitchhiking" between [[Los Angeles]] and [[Portland, Oregon]] by Kristan Knapp, a fellow member of the Izquierda Ensemble, which toured nationally in the 1970s. |
'''Naomi Littlebear Morena''' (1950 – ) is a musician and writer most known for her work "You Can't Kill the Spirit," a feminist resistance anthem which was sung by over 30,000 women at the [[Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975|last=Love|first=Barbara|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=2006|isbn=9780252031892|location=|pages=322}}</ref>. Morena was described as a self-taught artist who "emerged on her own brilliance" and a "hippie street person hitchhiking" between [[Los Angeles]] and [[Portland, Oregon]] by Kristan Knapp, a fellow member of the Izquierda Ensemble, which toured nationally in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Portland in the 1960s: Stories from the Counterculture|last=Olsen|first=Polina|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2012|isbn=9781609494711|location=|pages=}}</ref> Morena also created "one of the first plays to feature a Chicana lesbian as a main character," first performed in 1980 and titled ''Survivor: A Lesbian Rock Opera''. The play follows Clara, who "rejects the Anglo feminist community because it eradicates her lesbianism." Morena's work has been noted to be "currently out of print and rarely produced."<ref>{{Cite book|title=(Re)mapping the Latina/o Literary Landscape|last=Boffone|first=Trevor|publisher=Springer|year=2016|isbn=9781349949007|location=|pages=180}}</ref> |
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Naomi Littlebear Morena (1950 – ) is a musician and writer most known for her work "You Can't Kill the Spirit," a feminist resistance anthem which was sung by over 30,000 women at the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the 1980s.[1]. Morena was described as a self-taught artist who "emerged on her own brilliance" and a "hippie street person hitchhiking" between Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon by Kristan Knapp, a fellow member of the Izquierda Ensemble, which toured nationally in the 1970s.[2] Morena also created "one of the first plays to feature a Chicana lesbian as a main character," first performed in 1980 and titled Survivor: A Lesbian Rock Opera. The play follows Clara, who "rejects the Anglo feminist community because it eradicates her lesbianism." Morena's work has been noted to be "currently out of print and rarely produced."[3]
Bibliography
- Dreams of violence in This Bridge Called My Back (1981), essay[4]
- Earth-lover, survivor, musician in This Bridge Called My Back (1981), essay[4]
References
- ^ Love, Barbara (2006). Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975. University of Illinois Press. p. 322. ISBN 9780252031892.
- ^ Olsen, Polina (2012). Portland in the 1960s: Stories from the Counterculture. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781609494711.
- ^ Boffone, Trevor (2016). (Re)mapping the Latina/o Literary Landscape. Springer. p. 180. ISBN 9781349949007.
- ^ a b This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color. Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press. 1983. pp. 16, 157. ISBN 9780913175033.