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- Always Rebellious/Cimarroneando: Selected Poems by Georgina Herrera
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Cubanabooks
summary
This bilingual volume of poetry (with DVD) introduces the unique voice of Cuban writer Georgina Herrera, whose poetry is inspired by her African heritage. Eliseo Diego calls Herrera's work poetry of origin, pain, heartbreak, and consolation. Herrera manages to transform her pain into central aesthetic components of her work, which point to a legacy of sorrow and sacrifice. Though she indeed has suffered, Georgina Herrera possesses courage, energy, and a penetrating intelligence accompanied by a profound sense of dignity and an age-old wisdom that enable her to "take to the hills" in order to go on and tell us the truths of her cultural memory, of her soul, and of her vast experience accumulated over 80 years full of anxiety, exclusion, violence, and discrimination. At the end, her self-definition is of dignity and empowerment, challenging the representation imposed upon black women.
Table of Contents
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- CONTENTS / ÍNDICE
- pp. 5-14
- Introduction
- pp. 15-34
- Introducción
- pp. 35-54
- Oriki para mí misma / In Praise of Myself
- La pobreza ancestral
- p. 58
- Ancestral Poverty
- p. 59
- Familia…hogar
- p. 60
- Family…Home
- p. 61
- Oriki para mí misma
- p. 64
- In Praise of Myself
- p. 65
- First Time Before the Mirror
- pp. 67-69
- Minimal Praise of Myself
- pp. 71-72
- Oyendo hablar al viejo Owení / Listening to Old Oweni
- El barracón
- p. 78
- The Slave Quarters
- p. 79
- Messages Arrive at the Royal Palace
- pp. 81-83
- Celebrating Oggun
- pp. 85-89
- Tratándose de gritos
- p. 92
- With Respect to Cries
- pp. 93-94
- El Tigre y yo, durmiendo juntos / Sleeping Together, the Tiger and I
- Gustadas sensaciones
- p. 98
- Savored Sensations
- p. 99
- Día sin sol
- p. 100
- Day with No Sun
- p. 101
- Grande es el tiempo
- p. 102
- Grand is the Time
- p. 103
- Último elogio como niña
- p. 106
- El día iluminado
- p. 110
- The Bright Day
- p. 111
- Siempre viva
- p. 112
- Always Alive
- p. 113
- Reencarnación
- p. 116
- Reincarnation
- pp. 117-118
- Ibu Sedi / Ibu Sedi
- Fermina Lucumí
- p. 140
- Fermina Lucumi
- p. 141
- La dama de Nigeria
- p. 144
- The Lady of Nigeria
- p. 145
- Retrato oral de Victoria
- p. 146
- Victoria's Oral Portrait
- p. 147
- Second Time Before a Mirror
- pp. 151-153
- Autorretrato
- p. 154
- Self-Portrait
- pp. 155-156
- Bibliografía / Bibliography
- pp. 157-160
- Author Biography
- pp. 161-162
- Translator Biographies
- pp. 163-166
Additional Information
ISBN
9781944176068
Related ISBN(s)
9780982786062
MARC Record
OCLC
933516723
Pages
170
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No