| Description |
74 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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occ Poets lcdgt |
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gdr Women lcdgt |
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eth Filipino Americans lcdgt |
| Summary |
All Heathens is a declaration of ownership - of bodies, of histories, of time. Revisiting Magellan's voyage around the world, these poems explore the speaker's Filipino American identity by grappling with her relationship to her family and notions of diaspora, circumnavigation, and discovery. Whether rewriting the origin story of Eve ("I always imagined that the serpent had the legs of a seductive woman in black nylons"), or ruminating on what-should-have-been-said "when the man at the party said he wanted to own a Filipino," Chan paints wry, witty renderings of anecdotal and folkloric histories, while both preserving and unveiling a self-identity that dares any other to try and claim it. -- Amazon.com |
| Contents |
Momotaro in the Philippines -- Lansing Sinulog rehearsal, 2010 -- Elegy for your master -- When the man at the party said he wanted to own a Filipino -- A country of beautiful women -- Origin story -- My mother tells me about Lolo -- Jet lag -- On Buzz Aldrin's birthday -- When we lived in Germany -- Love song for Antonio Pigafetta -- Lunch is ready -- With -- Which came first -- Seafood city -- The lives of saints -- Forgive them for they do not know what -- December 1998 -- Viewing service -- Some words for the aforesaid heathen peoples -- In defense of karaoke -- Cebu city -- Something borrowed -- Counterargument that goes all the way around. |
| Subject |
Filipino Americans -- Poetry.
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| Genre |
Filipino-American poetry.
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Poetry.
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| Added Title |
Poems. Selections
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| ISBN |
1946448524 (paperback) |
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9781946448521 (paperback) : $15.95 |
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