The word "terroir" refers to the climate and soil in which something is grown. Natasha Sajé applies this idea to the environments that nurture and challenge us, exploring in particular how the immigrant experience has shaped her identity. She revisits people and literature across her life, including her experiences as the child of European refugees in suburban New Jersey, taken under the wing of a widowed neighbor; a winter spent waitressing in Switzerland; her marriage to a Jamaican man in Baltimore; and finally her marriage to a woman in Salt Lake City.
This memoir-in-essays combines poetic lyricism with incisive commentary on nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and class. Reminding us that change is constant in our lives, Sajé asks how terroir creates identity. Throughout, the English language is her most fertile ground.
| ISBN: | 9781595349323 |
| Publication date: | 24th December 2020 |
| Author: | Natasha Sajé |
| Publisher: | Trinity University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Genres: |
Memoirs Literary essays Anthologies: general Migration, immigration and emigration Gender studies: women and girls LGBTQ+ Studies / topics |
The word "terroir" refers to the climate and soil in which something is grown. Natasha Sajé applies this idea to the environments that nurture and challenge us, exploring in particular how the immigrant experience has shaped her identity. She revisits people and literature across her life, including her experiences as the child of European refugees in suburban New Jersey, taken under the wing of a widowed neighbor; a winter spent waitressing in Switzerland; her marriage to a Jamaican man in Baltimore; and finally her marriage to a woman in Salt Lake City.
This memoir-in-essays combines poetic lyricism with incisive commentary on nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and class. Reminding us that change is constant in our lives, Sajé asks how terroir creates identity. Throughout, the English language is her most fertile ground.
Terroir features in the following genres: Memoirs, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Migration, immigration and emigration, Gender studies: women and girls, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics
Terroir is available in Paperback
Terroir was written by Natasha Sajé and published by Trinity University Press
Terroir has 224 pages