Upper Volta Works & Days As a counterpoint

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and perceptions of sexual violence

maar wat is de positie van de vrouw in deze maatschappij

Upper Volta Works & Days As a counterpointYanko Gonzalez, translation Stephen Rosenshein Like an anthropologist doing fieldwork, in Upper Volta Yanko Gonzlez collects language from street corners, grocery store aisles, cocktail hours, and historical sources, laying data bare with a poet's meticulous hand. In his findings; Gonzlez gives voice to the voiceless; and exposes the underbelly of our own biases the ways in which they manifest in everyday language and collective consciousness.