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From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]

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From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]

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ISBN: 9781632431189
Title: From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]
Author: PEREZ CRAIG SANTOS

Experimental and visual poems diving into the history and culture of the poet's homeland, Guam.

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,\" commonly referring to medicinal plants. Traditional Chamoru healers were known as yo'åmte; 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.

Format: Paperback
Price: $55.00

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Weight 214 g
Dimensions 229 × 152 × 23 mm