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I Will Not Bear You Sons
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ISBN13: 9781925950281
Publisher: Spinifex Press
Published: Apr 2 2021
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Usha Akella pays tribute to her own life and to that of other women. Writing from her Niyogi Brahmin sensibility, her poems are the medium for the unsilenced voice both of her own story and those of women across various cultures. She calls for a united womanhood in poems dedicated to women violated through rape, caste, FGM, foot binding, mysticism, politics, terrorism, and other patriarchal abuses.
I Will Not Bear You Sons celebrates the women who have triumphed against subjugation, building new ways of being. These poems explore themes of cultural identity, social justice, and the feminine spirit, offering a message of resilience and empowerment. For readers interested in feminist literature, social commentary, and the strength of the female voice.
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