Kindling: Writings On the Body
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0983683131 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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"An amazing and worthwhile read" according to Litoldldy. I read two previous books written by Ms. Levins Morales and was delighted to find this new one. She is an amazing author who writes about incredibly relevant themes from trauma to racism to cultural identity and more (emphasize more). Her books are so thought provoking that I've actually found myself bringing up quotes from one of her earlier books, Medicine Stories, for years in conversations because her writin. Amazing and profound book Here is the myth - our bodies are separate, from each other, from the land, from generations of history. There is no separation, there is only the difference between love and violence and then there is its impact.Kindling Writings on the Body, Aurora Levins Morales' recent book, builds on the legacy of Medicine Stories and Remedios to be within this difference between love and violence and its impact, in this ca
From 19th century bomba dancers to the environmental causes of epilepsy from eugenics to the Cuban health care system, from the sexuality of the chronically sick and tired, to a broader interpretation of taking back the night, Levins Morales writes with passion and insight, self-revelation and global,historical perspective. A lifelong feminist and radical, artist and activist, storyteller and historian, her writing bridges the gap between the intimately personal and the global, between sensual experience and theory. Aurora Levins Morales was born in rural Puerto Rico in 1954, of Puerto Rican and Ashkenazi Jewish parents. Her writing moves me like no other.” Patty Berne, Cofounder and Artistic Director, Sins Invalid “Medically, ‘kindling’ refers to the way bodies can be sensitized by small, repeated exposures to chemicals or electric shocks. She offers us vulnerable, power-filled lyricism that moves the audience to new understandings of their own lives as she claims her body’s pleasures and pain. “Aurora’s writing is itself alchemy, balancing emotional nuance with rich historica