((full)): Canela Skin Daniela Hansson

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| Venezuelan (Origin) | Swedish (Present) | |----------------------|-------------------| | Cinnamon, cocoa, mango | Snow, pine, licorice | | Warmth, open windows | Cold, double-glazed glass | | Spanish endearments | Swedish silence | canela skin daniela hansson

Hansson writes primarily in Spanish but inserts Swedish words without italics or translation. This linguistic canela —a blending of tones—mirrors the skin’s blending. For example: “Min hud är kanel, säger jag till mig själv / pero el espejo devuelve otra cosa.” (“My skin is cinnamon, I tell myself / but the mirror returns something else.”) The switch between Swedish (“Min hud är kanel”) and Spanish (“pero el espejo”) enacts the divided self. The mirror (Swedish reality) contradicts the internal narrative (Spanish memory). Hansson refuses to resolve this tension; the poem ends not with synthesis, but with the speaker touching her own arm as if learning it anew. [Your Name] Course: [Course Name, e