Rakhshan Rizwan's debut collection simmers with a poised, driving anger. Drawing on the rich visual and material culture of her home region, Rizwan unpacks and offers critical comment on the vexed issues of class, linguistic and cultural identity - particularly for women - in the context of Pakistan and South Asia. She writes about the hypocrisy of the men who claim to worship women, the nuances of using Urdu or Hindi, and the many contradictions of the city of her birth, Lahore. As well as startling free verse, Rizwan's many accomplished ghazals both explore and demonstrate her fascination with multilingualism, code-switching, displacement and belonging. The poems in Paisley are an unflinchingly feminist assault on received ideas about womanhood which present the reader with often-uncomfortable truths.
| ISBN: | 9781910139783 |
| Publication date: | 28th September 2017 |
| Author: | Rakhshan Rizwan, Leila Aboulela |
| Publisher: | The Emma Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 28 pages |
| Series: | The Emma Press Poetry Pamphlets |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Feminism and feminist theory |
Rakhshan Rizwan's debut collection simmers with a poised, driving anger. Drawing on the rich visual and material culture of her home region, Rizwan unpacks and offers critical comment on the vexed issues of class, linguistic and cultural identity - particularly for women - in the context of Pakistan and South Asia. She writes about the hypocrisy of the men who claim to worship women, the nuances of using Urdu or Hindi, and the many contradictions of the city of her birth, Lahore. As well as startling free verse, Rizwan's many accomplished ghazals both explore and demonstrate her fascination with multilingualism, code-switching, displacement and belonging. The poems in Paisley are an unflinchingly feminist assault on received ideas about womanhood which present the reader with often-uncomfortable truths.
Paisley features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets, Feminism and feminist theory
Paisley is available in Paperback
Paisley was written by Rakhshan Rizwan, Leila Aboulela and published by The Emma Press
Paisley has 28 pages
Yes it is part of The Emma Press Poetry Pamphlets series
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