{"product_id":"i-am-a-red-dress-incantations-on-a-grandmother-a-mother-and-a-daughter-paperback","title":"I Am a Red Dress: Incantations on a Grandmother, a Mother, and a Daughter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Camilleri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman in a red dress conjures particular images, emotions and stereotypes. Eroticism. Lust. Passion. With \u003ci\u003eI Am a Red Dress\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed writer and performer Anna Camilleri confronts these images and stereotypes in essays, stories, and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining the political with the intensely personal, Camilleri's intimate writings are premised on a search for selfhood--strong, queer, female--within and outside of her bonds to other women in her family. She says, \"My work is motivated by a deep desire to understand, and in the words of Dorothy Allison, to 'remake the world.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the perception that we live in a progressive society, Camilleri is not convinced that we live in a world that is necessarily better for women, indigenous people and people of color, queer people, or the poor and the working class. But she recognizes that the imagination is a powerful force that can lead to better lives, and a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Am A Red Dress\u003c\/i\u003e is Camilleri conjuring her imagination, as she seeks to find her rightful place in the world. Like a flashing red light, this collection of stories and essays signal a changing of consciousness. It's also Camilleri attempting to unravel memory, a trace that is inextricably tied to her culture and class, and the imaginations of women in her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer voice is the sound the status quo makes as it crashes to the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Camilleri\u003c\/b\u003e is a Toronto-based writer and performance poet. She was co-editor of \u003ci\u003eBrazen Femme\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for a Lambda Award, and co-founded Taste This, with whom she collaborated to publish \u003ci\u003eBoys Like Her\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a ForeWord Magazine Literary Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Camilleri is a Toronto-based writer, and performer. . She co-edited the anthology Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity, a Lambda Award nominee, as well as co-authored Boys Like Her as a member of the Taste This collective. In 2004, she published her memoir, I Am a Red Dress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.02 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771648901408,"sku":"9781551521633","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/312a086b327a3d5ef2147172f998d127.webp?v=1780390256","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/i-am-a-red-dress-incantations-on-a-grandmother-a-mother-and-a-daughter-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}