{"product_id":"from-unincorporated-territory-mot-9781632431189","title":"From Unincorporated Territory [Åmot]","description":"\u003cb\u003eExperimental and visual poems diving into the history and culture of the poet's homeland, Guam.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is the fifth collection in Craig Santos Perez's ongoing\u003ci\u003e from unincorporated territory \u003c\/i\u003eseries about the history of his homeland, the western Pacific island of Guåhan (Guam), and the culture of his indigenous Chamoru people. \"Åmot\" is the Chamoru word for \"medicine,\" commonly referring to medicinal plants. Traditional Chamoru healers were known as yo'åmte; they gathered åmot in the jungle and recited chants and invocations of taotao'mona, or ancestral spirits, in the healing process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through experimental and visual poetry, Perez explores how storytelling can become a symbolic form of åmot, offering healing from the traumas of colonialism, militarism, migration, environmental injustice, and the death of elders. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omnidawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632431189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Craig Santos Perez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769757569205,"sku":"9781632431189","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_36197e9e-7890-4adc-9680-f402618c841c.jpg?v=1678836963","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/from-unincorporated-territory-mot-9781632431189","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}