The body family /

The body family /

"The Body Family is a song of memory and revelation; it is the sublime unearthing of what has been hidden by silence and erasure. This lyrical and imagistic poetry collection tells the story of a family's journey to flee the murderous reign of Uganda's Idi Amin only to land in a racis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wabuke, Hope (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2022.
Subjects:
Ugandans > United States > Poetry.
Families > Poetry.
African diaspora > Poetry.
Violence > Poetry.
Racism > Poetry.
Discrimination > United States > Poetry.
American poetry > African American authors.
Uganda > History > 20th century > Poetry.
United States > Social conditions > Poetry.
United States > Race relations > Poetry.
Poetry.
Autobiographical poetry.
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Summary:"The Body Family is a song of memory and revelation; it is the sublime unearthing of what has been hidden by silence and erasure. This lyrical and imagistic poetry collection tells the story of a family's journey to flee the murderous reign of Uganda's Idi Amin only to land in a racist American landscape. Wabuke excavates personal and ancestral history to bring these poems to wrenching life, articulating what it means to be a Black girl becoming a Black woman while navigating a diaspora haunted by British colonization and American enslavement."--Amazon.com.
Physical Description:92 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:1642596973
9781642596977
9781642597455
1642597457