Kaleidoscope: An Asian Journey of Colors Contributor(s): Vikram, Sweta Srivastava (Author), Goldstein, Ellen (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1615990348 ISBN-13: 9781615990344 Publisher: Modern History Press OUR PRICE: $7.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - Asian American - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 2010007705 |
Series: World Voices |
Physical Information: 0.07" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.14 lbs) 34 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: About the Author Sweta Srivastava Vikram is a multi-genre writer and marketing professional living in New York City. She is the author of Because All Is Not Lost from Modern History Press and the co-author of Whispering Woes of Ganges & Zambezi (Cyberwit 2010). Her work has appeared in six countries across three continents. Sweta has held recent artist residencies and workshops in Portugal, Ireland, and several within USA. She is a graduate of Columbia University. "In this innovative series, Sweta Srivastava Vikram re-appropriates color. Cultures and mythologies collide along the way, and the result is a chapbook that feels like a quest. In the end, the colors are a map to identity. The child's pink tonsils or the bride's red sari are not symbols, but rather mile markers. Like Vikram's poems, they lead toward understanding" --Erica Wright, Senior Poetry Editor, Guernica About the Chapbook The book delves into the implication and philosophy of colors from a Hindu woman's point of view, from birth until death. The color she adorns herself with almost depicts the story of her life. Expressed through different poetic and verbal forms, each color in the book has its own tone and is specific to different age groups. Learn more at www.SwetaVikram.com From the World Voices Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com |