Odalisque in Pieces

by Carmen Gimenez Smith

In her debut poetry collection, Carmen Gim nez Smith illuminates Latina identity in the prismatic light of postcolonial history, feminism, myth, and the fragmentation of modernity. From these disparate elements she fashions a female persona--"clairvoyant with great shoes"--who is both bracingly modern and movingly vulnerable. Through her poems we traverse the landscape of a woman's life (girl, mother, lover), navigating a terrain tinted with mythology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816527881
• ISBN13: 9780816527885
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.8"