{"product_id":"itch-like-crazy-wendy-rose-9780816521777","title":"Itch Like Crazy","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmong Native American writers of mixed-blood heritage, \u003c\/b\u003e few have expressed their concerns with personal identity with as much passion as Wendy Rose. A mainstay among American Indian poets whose work addresses these issues, she is a writer with whom readers of diverse ethnic backgrounds have consistently identified. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In her latest work, Rose returns to these major motifs while exploring a new dimension: using poetry as a tool to delve into the buried secrets of family history--and all of American history as well. Confronting questions of personal history that itch like crazy--the irritations that drive human existence--she acknowledges and pays tribute to her Indian and European ancestors without hiding her anger with American society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rose's poems are strong political and social statements that have a distinctly narrative flavor. Here are Europeans who first set foot on America's shores while Taino Indians greeted them as if they were visiting neighbors; Hopi and Miwok \"Clan Mothers, grand-daughters, all those the missionaries erased\"; and European forebears who as settlers pushed their way relentlessly west. Through her vivid imagery, she speaks to and for these ancestors with a sense of loss and an itching caused by the biases provoked by ethnic chauvinism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eItch Like Crazy\u003c\/i\u003e is a finely crafted literary work that is also a manifesto addressing contacts and conflicts in the history of Indian-white relations. By presenting another view of U.S. history and its impact on the Native Americans who are her ancestors, it offers a new appreciation of the issue of \"tribal identity\" that too often faces Native peoples of the Americas--and is too often misunderstood by Euro-American society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendy Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816521778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816521777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.04w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2003 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 72 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Wendy Rose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079119171839,"sku":"9780816521777","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0aff1809-34cd-4fb8-9ee3-fbf18a46dc74.jpg?v=1685479402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/itch-like-crazy-wendy-rose-9780816521777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}