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TAMING A WILD TONGUE

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Laura Cemin, Bianca Hisse, Monika Charkowska (ed.)

Referring to Gloria Anzaldúa’s notion of ‘wild tongue’ (Borderlands/ La Frontera, 1987), the publication departs from the questions: How to tame a wild tongue? How to carry language? The verbs ‘taming’ and ‘carrying’ imply certain dynamics of permission and restriction of movement, and suggest the entanglement between language and the body. The project delves into the notion of ‘tonuge’ as an archive: the ‘tongue’ as a muscle shaped by the physical practice of moving/ talking, having memory; the ‘tongue’ as a ‘cultured’ part of the body. It addresses accent as part of our linguistic identity, but also something that defines access or restriction.
(from Monika Charkowska’s preface to the publication)

2022, self-published, 128 pages, 10,8 x 16,5 cm