Poem

America

Title	America
Author	Mary Dorcey

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Kindling	1982	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3293

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Kindling
Date of Publication	1982
Publisher	Onlywomen Press (UK)
Page Number(s)	21

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Displacement/Forced Migration Gender-based violence Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language)
Irish Context	Emigration (from Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Long (narrative) Poem
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The migrant speaker identifies with marginal and displaced communities upon coming to America. References to European colonialism and white supremacy against indigenous cultures might serve as metaphors for the speaker's sense of isolation and discrimination based on gender.

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