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Bezig met laden... Mother/Land (2006)door Cheryl Savageau
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In Cheryl Savageau's new book of poetry, Mother/Land, she radically re-maps New England as Native American space. Savageau retells and re-imagines creation stories, revealing a landscape of trees, ponds, rivers and mountains rich in meaning for Abenaki people, and weaves traditional, personal and family stories, with stories of colonization and resistance. Savageau's "unhistory" tells the stories of her people without privileging the moment of contact with Europe as the defining moment for viewing the culture.Mother/Land is beaded with gems from her mother's jewel box--poems that tell stories of her mother's life, and the complexities of survival and love in a family of mixed heritage.Savageau's work signals the reemergence of a people who have been described as "hiding in plain sight." In contrast to stereotypical associations of Native Americans with "Mother Earth," this poetry highlights the bittersweet complexities of the relationship between a woman and her homeland, whose bodies seem to be constantly under siege. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Nesting
when I ascend
the altar steps
dressed in white
there is whispering
they notice the new
fullness to my breasts
and wonder
yes
beneath this wide skirt
is the nest I am building
and the egg that has quickened
nobody notices
the knife in my teeth ( )