Overview
Arsenal/Sin Documentos is a documentary poetics project that examines the criminalization of Latin American bodies through U.S. policy. It consists of a series of linked documentary poems composed of appropriated language from U.S. government documents, such as: the Immigration and Nationality Act; the U.S. patent for Taser hand-held stun guns; materials from the Office of English Language Programs designed to instruct immigrants on assimilation into U.S. culture; and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Use of Force Policy, Guidelines and Procedures Handbook. "Francesco Levato's Arsenal/Sin Documentos is a courageous book. More importantly, it is a necessary book. Every discourse is constructed with an intention, and this type of poetry demands a ruthless, fearless deconstruction of that discourse in order to reveal the truth." Gabino Iglesias, author of Zero Saints and Coyote Songs
- | Author: Francesco Levato
- | Publisher: CLASH Books
- | Publication Date: Aug 06, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 162 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1944866418
- | ISBN-13: 9781944866419
