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Dominique Christina

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Dominique Christina

別名: Dominique Ashaheed

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1974-01-01
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Colorado Springs, Colorado → Aurora, Colorado

経歴

職業
poet, writer, performer, social activist, educator
活動期間
1996年〜
所属
Slam Nuba (performance team)
影響を受けた人物
Civil rights movement (family involvement), Oral and slam poetry traditions

学歴

University of the Pacific
African American Studies
学位: Bachelor's
国: United States
Bachelor's degree in African American Studies
University of Arkansas at Monticello
English Language and Literature (Education)
学位: Master of Education
国: United States
Master of Education in English Language and Literature

受賞歴

Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion
2012
主催: Women of the World Poetry Slam
結果: Winner
Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion
2014
主催: Women of the World Poetry Slam
結果: Winner
National Underground Poetry Slam Champion
2013
主催: National Underground Poetry Slam
結果: Winner
National Poetry Series Winner
2017
対象作品: Anarcha Speaks
主催: National Poetry Series
結果: Winner
National Poetry Series Slam Champion
2012
主催: National Poetry Series (Slam)
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Bones, the Breaking, the Balm: A Colored Girl's Hymnal

2014年 Poetry

A collection of poems contemplating the African-American girlhood experience, trauma, and healing; exploring personal and collective memory and voice.

African-American experiencehealingidentity

They Are All Me

2015年 Poetry

A poetry collection commemorating African-American heroes and martyrs, celebrating personal connection and collective memory.

memoryhistoryrace and resistance

This Is Woman’s Work: Calling Forth Your Inner Council of Wise, Brave, Crazy, Rebellious, Loving, Luminous Selves

2015年 Self-help / Prose and Poetry

A self-help book combining poetry and prose that explores female archetypes and offers exercises to integrate and empower the self.

womanhoodarchetypesself-empowerment

Anarcha Speaks: A History in Poems

2018年 Poetry (historical reimagining)

A collection that reimagines the perspective of the enslaved woman Anarcha Westcott, who endured experiments by J. Marion Sims, using poetry to give voice to those silenced by history.

medical ethicshistory of slaveryfemale embodiment

全著作

  • The Bones, the Breaking, the Balm: A Colored Girl's Hymnal
  • They Are All Me
  • This Is Woman’s Work: Calling Forth Your Inner Council of Wise, Brave, Crazy, Rebellious, Loving, Luminous Selves
  • Anarcha Speaks: A History in Poems

翻案

  • Appeared on HBO series 'High Maintenance' (actress and contributing writer)

作風・主題

文体
spoken-wordslam poetrylyrical political expression
頻出モチーフ
race and protestfemale body and sexualityancestry and memorygiving voice to historical subjects

評価・遺産

Dominique Christina is recognized for raising social issues through slam and performance poetry and for work focusing on African-American history and the female body. Her book 'Anarcha Speaks' was acclaimed for poetically reconstructing the voices of historical victims; however, recent legal convictions have complicated her public legacy.

大衆文化への影響

  • Her piece 'The Period Poem' went viral and attracted wide attention
  • Appeared as actress and contributing writer on HBO's 'High Maintenance'

豆知識

  • Won Women of the World Poetry Slam championships in 2012 and 2014.
  • Won the National Poetry Series in 2017 for 'Anarcha Speaks'.
  • In 2021 was convicted in a case involving the theft of a house and ordered to pay approximately $117,000 in restitution (reported 2021).