Monsters [electronic resource] : a reckoning
Alison Croggon2021
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"This figure I see in the foreground, this me. How monstrous am I? What does it
mean to be a monster? From Latin monstrum, meaning an abomination . . .
grotesque, hideous, ugly, ghastly, gruesome, horrible . . .
"I was born as part of a monstrous structure-the grotesque, hideous, ugly,
ghastly, gruesome, horrible relations of power that constituted colonial
Britain. A structure that shaped me, that shapes the very language that I speak
and use and love. I am the daughter of an empire that declared itself the
natural order of the world."
From award-winning writer and critic Alison Croggon, Monsters is a hybrid of
memoir and essay that takes as its point of departure the painful breakdown of a
relationship between two sisters. It explores how our attitudes are shaped by
the persisting myths that underpin colonialism and patriarchy, how the
structures we are raised within splinter and distort the possibilities of our
lives and the lives of others. Monsters asks ho...
Main title:
Monsters [electronic resource] : a reckoning / Alison Croggon
Author:
Alison Croggon, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Tantor Audio, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (245 MB, 08:56:20 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Larissa Gallagher
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781666133110
Language:
English
BRN:
438793
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |