A Theory of Birds: Poems by Zaina Alsous/ (Record no. 6411)
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| control field | 6411 |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2019000970 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781682261040 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PS3601.L694 A6 2019 |
| 245 #2 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Theory of Birds: Poems by Zaina Alsous/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Series editor: Hayan Charara and Fady Joudah |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Fayetteville; |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | University of Arkansas; |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 74p; |
| Dimensions | 22x14cm |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Etel Adnan Poetry Series |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This layering of bird, woman, place, technology, and ceremony, which begins this first full-length collection by Zaina Alsous, mirrors the layering of insights that marks the collection as a whole. The poems in A Theory of Birds draw on inherited memory, historical record, critical theory, alternative geographies, and sharp observation. In them, birds—particularly extinct species—become metaphor for the violences perpetrated on othered bodies under the colonial gaze. Putting ecological preservation in conversation with Arab racial formation, state vernacular with the chatter of birds, Alsous explores how categorization can be a tool for detachment, domination, and erasure. Stretching their wings toward de-erasure, these poems—their subjects and their logics—refuse to stay put within a single category. This is poetry in support of a decolonized mind. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | PN1010-1525 Poetry |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1039 |
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| Geographic name | Palestine |
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| Koha item type | Book |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Language and Literature | SAF Reference Library | SAF Reference Library | PN1010-1525 40.665 | 6411 | 02/02/2026 | 02/02/2026 | Book |