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Operacin Opration Operation O

Moez Surani's poetry examines the contemporary rhetoric of violence through the evolution of the language used to name military operations.

Moez Surani

From poet-provocateur Moez Surani comes Operacin Opration Operation Oa book-length poetic inventory of contemporary rhetoric of violence and aggression, as depicted through the evolution of the language used to name the many military operations conducted by UN Member Nations since the organization's inception in 1945.

With Operation, Surani draws on contemporary poetic traditions, including conceptual and inventory poetics, to accomplish two important things: On the one hand, he shows that no word is free from connoting violence, while on the other hand, he provokes readers to consider whether their personal values match the values of the military operation that are conducted by their countries. By pulling military language away from euphemism effectively, making it account for its doublespeaking ways Operation gives voice to the many lives lost in conflicts around the world, in a volume that will speak equally to lovers of contemporary poetry, language, and linguistics, as to readers interested in politics, international relations, and public discourse. (From BookThug)

From the book

1945

Clobber

Haystack

1946

Archery

Asylum

Bille

Blizzard

Copyright

Goodwood

Homing Pigeon

Honeybee

Hunger III

Marriages


From Operacin Opration Operation Oby Moez Surani 2016. Published by BookThug.