{"product_id":"dandelions-for-bhabha-paperback","title":"Dandelions for Bhabha - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClara A. B. Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging from satire to meditation to philosophy to the comic, Clara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph's second book of poetry, \u003cem\u003eDandelions for Bhabha\u003c\/em\u003e, is an intense\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eengagement with philosophers and literary\/cultural theorists and their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtroversial positions. Her poems refl ect on the postmodern condition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen \"The screaming begins at the wall \/ when one chick is taken\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand \"Universal Justice is dragged \/ to Auschwitz.\" The collection, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edivided into three sections, \"Descartes' Lover,\" \"Jus' Thinkin',\" and \"To\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalisman,\" engages with ethics and with thinkers such as Roland Barthes, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeremy Bentham, Homi K. Bhabha, Paul de Man, Jacques Derrida, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichel Foucault, Mahatma Gandhi, Stephen Greenblatt, David Hume, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Gayatri Spivak. The poems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein \u003cem\u003eDandelions for Bhabha\u003c\/em\u003e are, as the title hints, enchanting and unexpected\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eopportunities to philosophize art and aestheticize thought. Narratives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof miracles, refl ections on visuals, and dialogues of the dead enter the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehopes, joys, and wonders of daily living. Joseph's skill is to narrow the gap\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetween the creative and the critical, and to provoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68418910257373,"sku":"9781925231717","price":31.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/KT0jBKWVIi9781925231717.webp?v=1793782111","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/dandelions-for-bhabha-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}