Odalisque in Pieces
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In her debut poetry collection, Carmen Gim nez Smith illuminates Latina identity in the prismatic light of postcolonial history, feminism, myth, and the fragmentation of modernity. From these disparate elements she fashions a female persona--"clairvoyant with great shoes"--who is both bracingly modern and movingly vulnerable. Through her poems we traverse the landscape of a woman's life (girl, mother, lover), navigating a terrain tinted with mythology...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0816527881
ISBN13:9780816527885
Release Date:September 2009
Publisher:University of Arizona Press
Length:80 Pages
Weight:1.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.9" x 8.8"
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