Poems

This collection of eight orginal poems of the Pacific Islands focus on the theme "Environmental artistic practices and indigeneity: In(ter)ventions, recycling, sovereignty". The first group of three poems, "Age of Plastic," "Rings of Fire," and "Halloween in the A...

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Main Author: Craig Santos Perez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: James Cook University 2020-08-01
Series:eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
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Online Access:https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3676
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spelling doaj-a27e2c26280b40e39b0e5095151091f42021-09-16T01:43:35ZengJames Cook UniversityeTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics1448-29402020-08-01191PoemsCraig Santos Perez0University of Hawaii, Manoa This collection of eight orginal poems of the Pacific Islands focus on the theme "Environmental artistic practices and indigeneity: In(ter)ventions, recycling, sovereignty". The first group of three poems, "Age of Plastic," "Rings of Fire," and "Halloween in the Anthropocene" address issues of climate change, waste, and capitalist exploitation. The second group of three poems, "Chanting the Waters," "One Fish, Two Fish," and "Praise Song for Oceania" address issues of water and the ocean from an indigenous Pacific perspective. The final group of two poems, "Family Trees," and "Tronkon Niyok (Coconut Tree)" address issues of militarization and its impact on Guam's trees. https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3676PoetryGuamPacific IslandsLiteratureEcocriticismIndigeneity
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Poems
eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
Poetry
Guam
Pacific Islands
Literature
Ecocriticism
Indigeneity
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publisher James Cook University
series eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
issn 1448-2940
publishDate 2020-08-01
description This collection of eight orginal poems of the Pacific Islands focus on the theme "Environmental artistic practices and indigeneity: In(ter)ventions, recycling, sovereignty". The first group of three poems, "Age of Plastic," "Rings of Fire," and "Halloween in the Anthropocene" address issues of climate change, waste, and capitalist exploitation. The second group of three poems, "Chanting the Waters," "One Fish, Two Fish," and "Praise Song for Oceania" address issues of water and the ocean from an indigenous Pacific perspective. The final group of two poems, "Family Trees," and "Tronkon Niyok (Coconut Tree)" address issues of militarization and its impact on Guam's trees.
topic Poetry
Guam
Pacific Islands
Literature
Ecocriticism
Indigeneity
url https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3676
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