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From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]

Craig Santos Pérez

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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.

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ISBN10:: 1632431181

ISBN13:: 9781632431189

kindle Asin:: B0F3CRPMN1

From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]

Craig Santos Pérez

4.33/5 (158 ratings)

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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:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: Bilingual

Language:

ISBN10:: 1632431181

ISBN13:: 9781632431189

kindle Asin:: B0F3CRPMN1

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