Research Catalog

Title

From unincorporated territory [guma'] / Craig Santos Perez.

Author

Santos Perez, Craig

Publication

Richmond, California : Omnidawn Publishing, 2014.

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Details

Description

81 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Craig Santos Perez, a native Chamoru from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam), has lived for two decades away from his homeland. This new collection maps the emotional and geographic cartographies of his various migrations, departures, and arrivals. Through a variety of poetic forms, the poet highlights the importance of origins and customs amidst new American cultures and terrains. Furthermore, this book draws attention to, and protests, the violent currents of colonialism and militarism currently threatening Guåhan, a “strategic” US territory since 1898. The poet memorializes what his people have lost and insists that we must protect and defend what we have left of home. This collection will engage those interested in Pacific literature, multicultural, indigenous poetry, mixed-genre, multilingual experiments, ecopoetics, and those who want to explore intersections between poetry, politics, history, and culture.

Uniform Title

Poems. Selections

Alternative Title

• Poems.
• From unincorporated territory
• Guma'

Subject

• Imperialism > Poetry
• Indigenous peoples > Guam > Poetry
• Chamorro (Micronesian people) > Poetry
• Guam > Poetry

Genre/Form

Poetry

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• English and Chamorro.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

From the legends of juan malo -- ginen tidelands -- ginen (sub)aerial roots -- given sounding lines -- ginen ta(la)ya -- ginen the micronesiona kingfisher -- ginen fatal impact statements -- ginen the legends of juan malo -- ginen fatal impact statements -- ginen the legends of juan malo -- ginen the micronesian kingfisher -- ginen ta(la)ya -- ginen sounding lines -- ginen (sub)aerial roots -- ginen tidelands -- ginen fatal impact statements -- ginen the legends of juan malo -- ginen fatal impact statements -- ginen the legends of juan malo -- ginen tidelands -- ginen (sub)aerial roots -- ginen sounding lines -- ginen ta(la)ya -- ginen the micronesian kingfisher -- ginen fatal impact statements -- ginen the legends of juan malo -- ginen fatal impact statements -- ginen the legends of juan malo -- ginen the micronesian kingfisher -- ginen ta(la)ya -- ginen sounding lines -- ginen (sub)aerial roots -- ginen tidelands.

ISBN

• 9781890650919 (Trade Paperback : alk. paper)
• 1890650919 (Trade Paperback : alk. paper)

LCCN

• ^^2013045798
• 40023495164

OCLC

• 862781846
• SCSB-11266899

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library