Iep Jaltok - Poems from a Marshallese Daughter : Vol 80

Informationen zum Autor Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner is a Marshallese writer. She is co-founder of the nonprofit organization Jo-Jikum, which empowers youth to work toward solutions on environmental issues threatening their home islands. Klappentext As the seas rise, the fight intensifies to save the Marshall Islands from being devoured by the waters around them. At the same time, activists are raising their poetic voices against decades of colonialism, environmental destruction, and social injustice. Kathy Jetn¯il-Kijiner's writing highlights the traumas of colonialism, racism, forced migration, the legacy of American nuclear testing, and the impending threats of climate change. Zusammenfassung "Iep jaltok: woman is a basket is a collection of poetry by a young Marshallese woman highlighting the traumas of her people through colonialism! racism! forced migration! the legacy of nuclear testing by America! and the impending threats of climate change"--Provided by publisher.

Product details

• Authors: Kathy Jetanil-Kijiner, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780816534029
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3402-9
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Sun Tracks; Sun Tracks
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama