{"product_id":"from-unincorporated-territory-amot-by-craig-santos-perez-9781632431189","title":"From Unincorporated Territory [åmot]","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eExperimental and visual poems diving into the history and culture of the poet’s homeland, Guam.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the fifth collection in Craig Santos Perez’s ongoing \u003ci\u003efrom unincorporated territory\u003c\/i\u003e series about the history of his homeland, the western Pacific island of Guåhan (Guam), and the culture of his indigenous Chamoru people. “Åmot” is the Chamoru word for “medicine,” commonly referring to medicinal plants. Traditional Chamoru healers were known as yo’åmte; they gathered åmot in the jungle and recited chants and invocations of taotao’mona, or ancestral spirits, in the healing process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough experimental and visual poetry, Perez explores how storytelling can become a symbolic form of åmot, offering healing from the traumas of colonialism, militarism, migration, environmental injustice, and the death of elders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470693646572,"sku":"9781632431189","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781632431189-from-unincorporated-territory-mot.jpg?v=1775223971","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/from-unincorporated-territory-amot-by-craig-santos-perez-9781632431189","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}