| Description |
157 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Settlement -- Hedges -- Plots -- Blood/soil -- Petitions (for an alien relative) -- Locution/location -- Threshold -- Milestones -- Landscapes (as portraits) -- More curbs -- Pavement -- Frequency (Alka's testimony) -- Estates : last offices concerning the curbs of the body -- Notes & objects cited. |
| Summary |
"Divya Victor documents how immigrants and Americans navigate the liminal sites of everyday living: lawns, curbs, and sidewalks, undergirded by violence, but also constantly repaved with new possibilities of belonging. Curb witnesses immigrant survival, familial bonds, and interracial parenting in the context of nationalist and white-supremacist violence against South Asians. The book refutes the binary of the model minority and the monstrous, dark "other" by reclaiming the throbbing, many-tongued, vermillion heart of kith"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
East Indian Americans -- Crimes against -- United States -- Poetry.
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East Indian Americans. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Subject |
Immigrants -- Crimes against -- United States -- Poetry.
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Immigrants -- Crimes against. |
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Immigrants. |
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Artists' books -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs -- Specimens -- Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Specimens.
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| Subject |
POETRY / Women Authors. |
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POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Family. |
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Artists' books. |
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POETRY / Asian. |
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Colorado -- Colorado Springs. |
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POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Places. |
| Genre/Form |
poetry.
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Artists' books.
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Poetry.
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Artists' books.
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Poetry.
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| Added Title |
Poems. Selections
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| ISBN |
9781643620701 (paperback) |
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1643620703 (paperback) |
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