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The time at Darwin's Reef : poetic explorations in anthropology and history / Ivan Brady.
Van Pelt Library PS3602.R343 T56 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brady, Ivan A.
- Series:
- Ethnographic alternatives book series ; v. 12.
- Ethnographic alternatives book series ; v. 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology--Poetry.
- Anthropology.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 134 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- The Time at Darwin's Reef is primarily a book of storytelling through mixed genres--verse, prose, and painting. Brady's work is designed to draw out key dimensions of the poetics of anthropology and history embedded in creative writing--in the mix and on the margins of verse and prose, painting and writing, fiction and fact--to revisit the sometimes academically resistant idea that there is more than one way to say (and therefore to see) things.
- Contents:
- I. Gateway
- Alone on the Bayou 2
- Sea Cream 2
- Diving in Desecheo 4
- II. Mythics
- They Knew Places Where 6
- Fale Tapu 7
- The Spring 8
- Fire Knees (Or, Not Eating Raoul) 10
- Gilbertese Warrior 12
- When You Were Here 14
- Foot Queries 15
- Predator 17
- Jaguar 19
- Spot of the Cat 22
- Archaeology? 24
- Yellowmouth Moon 26
- Translated Text 29
- Wiccan Moon Water 31
- Sulphur 32
- A Gift of the Journey 34
- III. History in Pieces
- The Passing of Monica Harmon 36
- Midnight Swim 38
- Letter from Laurie 40
- Island Chains 43
- The Equation 44
- Journal Entry 47
- Hukulika Island 49
- Proem for the Queen of Spain 51
- Para Donde Vas 54
- Shipwreck 63
- Dead Painting 66
- IV. Shades of Science
- The Time at Darwin's Reef 69
- Dolphins in the Desert 77
- The Cage of Air 78
- The Shape of Time 80
- Fresh Wind 81
- Cannibal-ism 82
- Behaviorism 83
- Memory Sweep 84
- V. Self and Other
- Port of Call 86
- Resistance Failed 87
- Fieldwork Pastiche 88
- Border Work 89
- Combate Beach 91
- Pueblo Canyon 94
- Bones of the Moon 102
- The Visitor 105
- Waterfront Dream 106
- VI. Semiotica
- Tattoo 108
- Mojave Codes 109
- Tahitian Flower 110
- Tramp Steamer 112
- Festival 114
- Nosferatu Rising 115
- Killing Death 117
- My Friend Henry 119
- St. Patrick's Day 120
- Show Me a Sign 122
- Torn Shawl 125
- Pipers 126
- Deep Ideas 127
- Place List 128
- Date List 130
- Praise for The Time at Darwin's Reef 132
- "Escultura Coral." Watercolor 3
- "Some Moon." Watercolor 27
- "Hukulika Island." Map 49
- "Sunstone." Watercolor 61
- "Darwin's Reef." Watercolor 68
- "Dance Plan." Watercolor 101.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0759103356
- 0759103364
- OCLC:
- 50802514
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