{"product_id":"diwata-barbara-jane-reyes-9781934414378","title":"Diwata","description":"Tagalog is a language spoken by about 22 million people in the Philippines. Diwata is a Tagalog term meaning, \"muse.\" Diwata is also a term for a mythical figure or being who resides in nature, and whom human communities must acknowledge, respect, and appease, in order to live safely, harmoniously, and prosperously in this world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her book \u003ci\u003eDiwata\u003c\/i\u003e, Reyes uses such Filipino oral tradition devices as meter, repetition and refrain, call and response, incantatory verses which verge on song, and the pantoum (which has Southeast Asian origins). She frames her poems between the Book of Genesis creation story, and the Tagalog creation myth, placing her work somewhere culturally in between both traditions. Also setting the tone for her stories is the death and large shadow cast by her grandfather, a World War II veteran and Bataan Death March survivor, who has passed onto her the responsibility of remembering. Reyes' voice is grounded in her community's traditions and histories, despite war and geographical dislocation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Jane Reyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934414379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934414378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Barbara Jane Reyes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986376130815,"sku":"9781934414378","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca38a71d-051c-40cf-9c03-34ac48f8432a.jpg?v=1683282999","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diwata-barbara-jane-reyes-9781934414378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}