Landsmoder (Paperback)

Landsmoder, by the Salvadoran poet, historian, and performance artist Elena Salamanca, is a searing, and sometimes grotesque, exploration of the intersections between nationalism, dogma, patriarchy, and violence. Originally read aloud from the oldest standing monument in San Salvador's centro historico, the performance poems in Landsmoder retool the laudatory pomp of patriotic ceremony to protest the weaponization of national myth as a mask for erasure, cruelty, and neglect at the hands of the state. This unflinching collection, whose title comes from a Norwegian word that Salamanca translates as "madre de la patria" - or "mother of the nation/homeland/fatherland"- is a work of feminist grief, rage, and irony populated with churning wombs, bloodied flags, and ratteboned she-wolves. Appearing now in a bilingual edition nearly a decade after it was first performed, Landsmoder remains an urgent subversion, loud as ever, both on and off the page.

General

Imprint:	Not a Cult
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2022
Authors:	Elena Salamanca
Translators:	Ryan Greene
Dimensions:	215 x 139 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	50
ISBN-13:	978-1-945649-91-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	1-945649-91-7
Barcode:	9781945649912

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