From unincorporated territory [åmot]
- Author/Creator:
- Santos Perez, Craig, author
- Publication/Creation:
- Oakland, California : Omnidawn Publishing, 2023
- Format:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- From unincorporated territory [åmot] / Craig Santos Perez
- Variant Titles:
- Åmot
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Visual poetry
Experimental poetry - Subjects:
- Guam--Poetry
Description/Summary
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Summary:
- "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," and commonly refers to medicinal plants. Traditional healers were known as yo'åmte, and 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"--
- Language:
- English
Chamorro - Language Note:
- In English, with some text in Chamorro.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 148 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937758250302486
- ISBN:
- 9781632431189
1632431181 - OCLC Number:
- 1348138998
- Barcode:
- 010003537448
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