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Bezig met laden... From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]door Craig Santos Perez
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Experimental and visual poems diving into the history and culture of the poet's homeland, Guam. This book is the fifth collection in Craig Santos Perez's ongoing from unincorporated territory series about the history of his homeland, the western Pacific island of Guåhan (Guam), and the culture of his indigenous Chamoru people. "Åmot" is the Chamoru word for "medicine," commonly referring to medicinal plants. Traditional Chamoru healers were known as yo'åmte; they gathered åmot in the jungle and recited chants and invocations of taotao'mona, or ancestral spirits, in the healing process. Through experimental and visual poetry, Perez explores how storytelling can become a symbolic form of åmot, offering healing from the traumas of colonialism, militarism, migration, environmental injustice, and the death of elders. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The non-traditional layout of the poems and interlacing of the CHamoru language forces the reader to slow down and intentionally take in what is being said. It is not a book to breeze through, but one to piece together like a puzzle, slowly taking in individual aspects of it and working to put it together until you can see the bigger picture.
Because of this book, I would now very much like to learn more about the history of Guam, as well as read the other From Unincorporated Territory books, then come back and re-read this one when I've done more learning. ( )