{"product_id":"custody-of-the-eyes-diamela-eltit-9783956796067","title":"Custody of the Eyes","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unnamed woman--a mother--struggles to survive in the face of state repression, neighborhood surveillance, extreme weather, and familial control.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlienation and dire frustration mount as an unnamed woman--a mother--struggles to survive in the face of state repression, neighborhood surveillance, extreme weather, and familial control. Told through one side of an epistolary exchange, \u003ci\u003eCustody of the Eyes \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eLos Vigilantes\u003c\/i\u003e) presents letters bookended by dense ramblings by the mother's son, who struggles to speak and write and spends most of his days in lockdown rearranging his \"vessels,\" hysterically laughing, drooling, writhing, and withdrawing--a state that will ultimately consume his mother as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a story that explores how power is enacted on and through the body--the physical, the social, and the political. \u003ci\u003eCustody of the Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e reconfirms the essential, constitutive nature of language and expression in power and freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diamela Eltit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3956796063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783956796067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sternberg Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 4.43w x 0.48d","brand":"Diamela Eltit","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079468904703,"sku":"9783956796067","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e867bfe-8956-4658-b83d-6b61d97ff6a2.jpg?v=1685481319","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/custody-of-the-eyes-diamela-eltit-9783956796067","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}