Shapes of Silence
Writing by Women of Colour and the Politics of Testimony
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2009
- Category
- Canadian
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773576896
- Publish Date
- Mar 2009
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
Drawing from the insights of subaltern studies and postcolonial feminisms, Proma Tagore brings together the work of a diverse group of writers - Toni Morrison, Shani Mootoo, Louise Erdrich, M.K. Indira, Rashsundari Debi, and Mahasweta Devi. She focuses on the visceral, affective nature of their narratives and explores the way that personal and historical trauma, initially silenced, may be recorded across generations, as well as across complex national, racial, gender, and sexual lines.
About the author
Proma Tagore was born in Kolkata, India, and immigrated to Canada at the age of four. She currently lives and works in Vancouver, unceded CoastSalish Territories, and is active in anti-racist, feminist, queer, and migrant justice organizing. She is the author of The Shapes of Silence: Writing by Women of Colour and the Politics of Testimony and the editor of In Our Own Voices: Learning and Teaching Toward Decolonisation. This is her first book of poetry.
