LEADER 03175nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910451131203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-91082-8 010 $a9786610910823 010 $a1-4593-0935-9 010 $a1-897414-74-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000335855 035 $a(EBL)299577 035 $a(OCoLC)171582165 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277142 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11214327 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277142 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233426 035 $a(PQKB)11395957 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000386971 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11270428 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000386971 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10402110 035 $a(PQKB)20799119 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC299577 035 $a(CaPaEBR)407980 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00211057 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3247966 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL299577 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10176529 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000335855 100 $a20000201d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBalance act$b[electronic resource] /$fKen Cormier 210 $aToronto $cInsomniac Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (105 p.) 300 $aPoems. 311 $a1-895837-67-7 327 $aContents; PART ONE: Songs & Stories; CHRISTMAS WITH GRANDMA; MONSTER MELVILLE; WALKING HOME; you are a normal animal; MARK TIME; CRAZY DAY; RECOVERY; SPRING IN OHIO; NO ONE BUT ME & GERARD; We are still all want and need; IN HIS IMAGE; ISN'T THAT SWEET?; NAIL IN M'TOE: A JIG; PUTTING HATS ON BABIES; SURPRISE PARTY; HAIKU MANIA; LOOKING FOR THE MESSIAH; WRECKING VISION; THE 17 TIMES YOU TOLD ME TO SHUT UP; SECRET; POLITICAL; WORDLYNCH; BALANCE ACT; PART TWO: Havris & Malen; TRAGIC MAGIC HAVRIS; OUT OF ALL WORLDS; TULSA OKLAHOMA; MALEN; ABOUT CRYING; HAVRIS & ELI; SORTING; MALEN IS DEAD 327 $aDEAR MALEN 330 $aBalance Act is Ken Cormier's first published collection of prose and poetry. Ranging in mood from all-out hilarity to heart-stopping melancholy, Balance Act utilizes a consistent thread of music and rhythm to propel its language. Cormier's extensive background in percussion informs his writing at every level of the process. Simply put, Cormier brings performance to the page, and Balance Act is his one-man variety show. Cormier's stories peel back the layers of a bent suburban landscape, and his characters scratch and claw to find inspiration on the railroad tracks, to bear the absurdity of family dysfunction, to trade the bitterness of complacency for the thrill of total annihilation. 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Consuming (Post)Colonial Culture: Multicultural Experiences in Travelogues and Ethnic Novels; 2. Revising the Colonialism-as-Romance Metaphor: From Conquest to Neocolonialis; 3. Bastards of U.S. Imperialism: Demanding Recognition in the American Family; 4. Performing Genealogies: Poetic Pedagogies of Disidentification; Conclusion: Imagining the End of Empire; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $a"After the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired overseas colonies and became an empire. Since the advent of U.S. colonialism in the Philippines and Puerto Rico, to reconcile its new status as an overseas empire with its anticolonial roots, the United States distinguished itself from European empires by claiming that it would altruistically establish democratic institutions in its colonies. In response, Filipino and Puerto Rican artists have challenged the promises of benevolent assimilation to demonstrate how U.S. imperialism is inherently self-interested, not exceptional among empires. Faye Caronan examines Puerto Rican and Filipino/American cultural productions as pivotal engagements with U.S. imperial exploits in these two terrains. Caronan skillfully interprets novels, films, performance poetry, and other cultural productions as both symptoms of and resistance against American military, social, economic and political incursions into these territories. Today the Philippines is an independent nation whereas Puerto Rico is a U.S. commonwealth, but somehow both remain subordinate to America. The different colonial relations mean that the Philippines and Puerto Rico cannot serve the same function in justifying U.S. imperialism. 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