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Sia Figiel
ISBN: 9781885030276
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Kaya Production,U.S.
Edition: Kaya Press ed
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Figiel uses the traditional Samoan storytelling form of su'ifefiloi to talk back to Western anthropological studies on Samoan women and culture. In doing so, she weaves an honest …
Figiel uses the traditional Samoan storytelling form of su'ifefiloi to talk back to Western anthropological studies on Samoan women and culture. In doing so, she weaves an honest - and sometimes brutal - coming-of-age story that combines poetry with an unflinching humor to describe the abiguities of adolescent desire. Told in a series of linked episodes that recall the work of V.S. Naipaul and Sandra Cisneros, this powerful and highly original narrative follows thirteen-year-old Alofa Filiga as she navigates the mores and restrictions of her village, Malaefou, and comes to terms with her own womanhood and search for identity.
| ISBN | 1885030274 | | Pages | 247 | | ISBN13 | 9781885030276
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Kaya Production,U.S. | | Weight (grammes) | 249 | | Imprint | Kaya Production,U.S. | | Published in | New York | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 183 | | Publication date | 31 Jan 2000 | | Width (mm) | 132 | | Library of Congress | 99091103 | | Spine width (mm) | 15 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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