{"product_id":"south-of-our-selves-glenn-sheldon-9780786417469","title":"South of Our Selves: Mexico in the Poems of Williams, Kerouac, Corso, Ginsberg, Levertov and Hayden","description":"\u003cp\u003e This study examines the work of six American poets who visited Mexico in the 1950s, discussing the complex relationships between location, writing, society, history and dislocation. By interacting with Mexican culture and writing about the experience, these poets had to come to terms with the foreign as well as explore their own identities as Americans. Experiencing Mexico inspired these poets to use many different voices in their poetry, a style in opposition to the hegemony of 1950s American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This study compares and contrasts the poets, particularly in terms of class, race, sexual orientation, and gender, and which strategies of \"going foreign\" each uses. Each chapter examines a poem or series of poems based upon a trip to Mexico. Analyzed in detail are Williams' \u003ci\u003eThe Desert Music, \u003c\/i\u003e Kerouac's \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues, \u003c\/i\u003e Corso's \"Mexican Impressions\" and \"Puma in Chapultepec Zoo,\" Ginsberg's \u003ci\u003eSiesta in Xbalba, \u003c\/i\u003e Levertov's \"Tomatlan\" and others, and Hayden's \u003ci\u003eAn Inference of Mexico.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glenn Sheldon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786417463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786417469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.18w x 0.47d","brand":"Glenn Sheldon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483680911615,"sku":"9780786417469","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad7116dc-b1f9-4e8b-946a-eb569424e66a.jpg?v=1778039967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/south-of-our-selves-glenn-sheldon-9780786417469","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}