In this Book
- Return Flights
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Tagus Press at UMass Dartmouth
- Series: Portuguese in the Americas Series
summary
These poems—varying from narrative to imagist to lyrical—reflect the “sodade” of Cape Verdean culture that is shaped by separation and longing—longing for the home that has been left behind and for loved ones who have departed. Cape Verdean communities extend beyond national boundaries and are paradoxically independent of place, even when inspired by it. Return Flights marks a turning point for Cape Verdean American culture, one in which a partially forgotten past becomes a starting point for possible futures, both of new transoceanic contacts and of new reinventions of culture.
Table of Contents
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- Part 1
- Dress Whites
- p. 8
- The Children, Their Darkness
- pp. 10-11
- Defining the Morna
- pp. 12-13
- Atlantic Coasts
- pp. 15-16
- Return Flights
- pp. 19-20
- Part 2
- Harvesting a Return
- pp. 25-27
- Alone in Plymouth
- p. 28
- Swimming Lessons
- p. 29
- Nantucket Sleigh Ride
- pp. 30-31
- The Scrimshander
- pp. 32-34
- Part 3
- One Criolinha Speaks
- p. 36
- Impressions in Stone
- pp. 38-39
- The Rainy Season
- pp. 43-44
- Meeting Mano and Mãe Vinda
- pp. 45-46
- We Four Harvest Mangoes
- pp. 48-49
- I Am Twenty-eight Today
- pp. 51-52
- In the Field
- p. 53
- Santa Maria das Dores, Sal
- pp. 54-55
- That Last Night
- p. 56
- Cape Verde Has Been Slipping from Me
- pp. 59-60
- Part 4
- Each Evening
- p. 67
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 69-70
Additional Information
ISBN
9781933227689
Related ISBN(s)
9781933227672
MARC Record
OCLC
937354657
Pages
96
Launched on MUSE
2016-02-09
Language
English
Open Access
No