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Glave Thomas |
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Titolo |
Among the bloodpeople [[electronic resource] ] : politics and flesh / / by Thomas Glave |
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Brooklyn, N.Y., : Akashic Books, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (220 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Jamaica Social conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction by Yusef Komunyakaa; THE CARIBBEAN AND JAMAICA; This Jamaican Family: The Word, and Dreams; An Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Jamaica (June 2008); "But What Kind of Nonsense Is That?" Callaloo and Diaspora; Toward a Queer Prayer; The Bloodpeople in the Language; Again, a Book of Dreams (Reflections on Our Caribbean); Jamaican, Octopus; FIVE WRITERS, NO PRECIOUSNESS, AND A NOT-POEM; Andrew Salkey's Escape to an Autumn Pavement: An Introduction; The Four of Them; Against Preciousness; Interview with the Not-Poem |
THE BODY AND ITS CONFLICTSMeditation (on "Barebacking"); Regarding Thoughts of (_______); Without a Face; FROM ENGLAND: DISSENT, JOY, AND THE PAST THAT IS NEVER PAST; An Ugly Lesson in Repression at Cambridge University; Toward Joy and Writing: Snow in London, January 6, 2010; The Bloodpeople Redux: Just a Few Short Notes on Memory; Endnotes; Acknowledgments; About Akashic Books |
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Concerns with human rights, political oppression, sexuality, race, and Jamaican culture thematically connect these essays. |
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