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Sto caricando le informazioni... from Sand Creek (Sun Tracks)di Simon J. Ortiz
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Scathing and beautiful and lonesome all at once. I am not sure I've experienced another book of poetry that has such a strong sense of place. ( ) There is quite a lot here tying the massacre of Native Americans (at the site that is this book's namesake and in general) to more contemporary instances of American attempts at imperialism and the atrocities that happened there (e.g., Vietnam). Seeing self as a victim versus moving beyond that victimization. The commonality of people "on the ground" before those spouting The Message corrupts that sameness. Manifest Destiny. Cultural dissonance. I suppose if this feels a little redundant in the sense that I've seen or come across all these messages already in contemporary writing from other Native American / indigenous folk, the publication date is an important clue. This book is nearly thirty years old. It's like watching a classic movie after seeing more recent movies that borrowed what were, when the classic first came out, totally new and original ideas. This is all encapsulated in sparse poetry with short prose introductions (that frequently explain, in fewer words, what is going on in the poem in question). The rating has nothing to do with the significance of this collection but more to do with the fact that I personally don't enjoy sparse poetry. 'Never say in five words what you can take six paragraphs to incoherently address' is my motto. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle Collane EditorialiSun Tracks (42) Premi e riconoscimenti
The massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho women and children by U.S. soldiers at Sand Creek in 1864 was a shameful episode in American history, and its battlefield was proposed as a National Historic Site in 1998 to pay homage to those innocent victims. Poet Simon Ortiz had honored those people seventeen years earlier in his own way. That book, from Sand Creek, is now back in print. Originally published in a small-press edition, from Sand Creek makes a large statement about injustices done to Native peoples in the name of Manifest Destiny. It also makes poignant reference to the spread of that ambition in other parts of the world--notably in Vietnam--as Ortiz asks himself what it is to be an American, a U.S. citizen, and an Indian. Indian people have often felt they have had no part in history, Ortiz observes, and through his work he shows how they can come to terms with this feeling. He invites Indian people to examine the process they have experienced as victims, subjects, and expendable resources--and asks people of European heritage to consider the motives that drive their own history and create their own form of victimization. Through the pages of this sobering work, Ortiz offers a new perspective on history and on America. Perhaps more important, he offers a breath of hope that our peoples might learn from each other: This America has been a burden of steel and mad death, but, look now, there are flowers and new grass and a spring wind rising from Sand Creek. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)811.54Literature English (North America) American poetry 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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