A Theory of Birds Poems |
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| Author:
| Alsous, Zaina |
| Series title: | Etel Adnan Poetry Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-68226-104-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2019 |
| Publisher: | University of Arkansas Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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The poems in A Theory of Birds draw on inherited memory, historical record, critical theory, alternative geographies, and sharp observation. In them, birds-particularly extinct species-become metaphor for the violences perpetrated on othered bodies under the colonial gaze.
The poems in A Theory of Birds draw on inherited memory, historical record, critical theory, alternative geographies, and sharp observation. In them, birds-particularly extinct species-become metaphor for the violences perpetrated on othered bodies under the colonial gaze.