{"product_id":"oh-witness-dey-shani-mootoo-9781771668767","title":"Oh Witness Dey!","description":"\u003cp\u003eShani Mootoo's great-great-grandparents were brought to Trinidad as indentured labourers by the British. There is no record of where they were from in India or whether it was kidnapping, trickery, or false promises of wealth that took them to the Caribbean. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOh Witness Dey! \u003c\/i\u003eMootoo expands the question of origins, from ancestry percentages and journey narratives, through memory, story, and lyric fragments. These vibrant poems transcend the tropes of colonial violence through saints and spices, rebellion and joy, to reimagine tensions and solidarities among various diasporas. They circumvent traditional conventions of style to find new routes toward understanding. They invite the reader to witness history, displacements, and the legacies of our inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shani Mootoo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771668768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771668767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Shani Mootoo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45481873834239,"sku":"9781771668767","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7629dcbc-ce94-4601-b88d-68bd35f4bece.jpg?v=1715987934","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/oh-witness-dey-shani-mootoo-9781771668767","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}