Briante, Susan
Defacing the Monument
- ISBN 13:
- 9781934819906
- author:
- Briante, Susan
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Noemi Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 162
- Dimensions:
- 20.3 x 14.7 x 1.3 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- Poetry, General, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Defacing the Monument is a powerful exploration of the ethics of storytelling and the power of language. The book opens with an account of an Operation Streamline hearing, in which undocumented migrants are criminally prosecuted and sentenced en masse to jail time prior to deportation.
This work combines elements of documentary poetics, lyric essay, and criticism to examine the possibilities and limits of documenting events and experiences within broad social and historical contexts. The author seeks to contextualize and witness, while also acknowledging complicity and participation in the systems being investigated.
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