Van Sise B. A. - On The National Language: The Poetry Of America's Endangered Tongues - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A 2024 Anthem Awards winner for Diversity Equity and Inclusion (Awareness & Media category) Through art photography and prose this book addresses the fragility beauty and cultural value of preserving endangered languages particularly Indigenous languages at a time when Indigenous and diversity issues are at the forefront of our national conversations. In a groundbreaking project turned into a national touring exhibition endangered - language speaker poet and photojournalist B. A. Van Sise worked with endangered - language speakers learners and revitalizers across three years and an entire continent to showcase some of the natural beauties of their languages and lands highlighting in particular American diversity and its many Indigenous communities. Augmented by nine contributors from diverse cultural groups On the National Language is a journey into both the challenges and opportunities faced by revitalization efforts as well as a testament to the beauty and poetry of these many languages themselves.
Title: On The National Language: The Poetry Of America's Endangered Tongues
Author(s): Van Sise B. A.
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Barcode: 9780764368141
Pages: 176 Pages, 74 Color Images
Publication Date: 9/28/2024
Category: Photographic Reportage