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Self-Portrait as Ruth
Overview
Rooted in a Jewish family history that reaches into 19th-century Ottoman Palestine, Self-Portrait as Ruth is written in defiance of all official versions of Israeli or Palestinian history. A challenging, aching, honest exploration of culpability, this lament will incite controversy and debate. These poems are interrogations of the first-person possessive--of claims, both singular and plural, to land, to identity, to history, and to the body--and of wounds and victimization, both unique and collective.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781910409091
- ISBN-10: 191040909X
- Publisher: Parthian
- Publish Date: March 2015
- Page Count: 60
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