Autobiography of a wound /
In ancient fertility carvings, artists would drill holes into the woman's body to signify penetrability, which is the basis of Autobiography of a Wound: allowing those wounds and puncture marks to speak through the fertility figures. The wounds are chronicled through letters and poems addressed...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2018]
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Series: | Pitt poetry series.
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Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Summary: | In ancient fertility carvings, artists would drill holes into the woman's body to signify penetrability, which is the basis of Autobiography of a Wound: allowing those wounds and puncture marks to speak through the fertility figures. The wounds are chronicled through letters and poems addressed to F (F stands for the fertility carvings themselves, which are being addressed as one unified deity), and A (Aphrodite, who is being referenced as a general deity of womanhood, a figurine that reappears throughout the poems, and a symbol that is referenced or portrayed in almost every fertility figurine or carving). Autobiography of a Wound reconstructs the narrative surrounding female pathos and the idea of the hysteric girl. |
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Item Description: | Poems. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
ISBN: | 9780822986188 0822986183 |