шш in review DISCOURSE OF THE OTHER - University of British ...
шш in review DISCOURSE OF THE OTHER - University of British ...
шш in review DISCOURSE OF THE OTHER - University of British ...
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OPINIONS & NOTEStake over as the speaker's words disappear,provid<strong>in</strong>g a laconic "reason" for the (temporary)preservation <strong>of</strong> this "manuscript":"F<strong>in</strong>der didn't want it." The resistance <strong>of</strong> conventionalstructures to alternative words,alternative systems <strong>of</strong> value, underlies thearticulateness <strong>of</strong> the will to protest. VivienneJoseph's A Desirable Property (John Mclndoe,$8.95) probes the fictions <strong>of</strong> safety and orderthat structure fairy tales, but realizes thatwomen repeatedly live with "Another Pr<strong>in</strong>ce,Another Story," and with violence and loss.Cilia McQueen's anti gravity (John Mclndoe,NZ$8.95) asserts the poet's role as anarchist<strong>in</strong> an uncivil world: a world where fall-outand gravity are the norm, and where thetrapeze artist and the wilful wit <strong>of</strong> the vegetablegarden are h<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>of</strong> an alternative possibility.Grace Nichols' The Fat Black Woman'sPoems (Academic Press, $6.95), f<strong>in</strong>ally,resists a whole range <strong>of</strong> exclusive terms("fat," "black," "exile"), turn<strong>in</strong>g discrim<strong>in</strong>ationon its ear: "I have crossed an ocean /I have lost my tongue / from the root <strong>of</strong> theold one / a new one has sprung." Whoeverth<strong>in</strong>ks this rhyme is easy has not been listen<strong>in</strong>g.W.N.296
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