02521nam 2200517 a 450 991046293900332120200520144314.01-61775-178-2(CKB)2670000000387573(EBL)1531287(SSID)ssj0001152508(PQKBManifestationID)11760972(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001152508(PQKBWorkID)11148703(PQKB)11080786(MiAaPQ)EBC1531287(Au-PeEL)EBL1531287(CaPaEBR)ebr10721164(CaONFJC)MIL686168(OCoLC)850856707(EXLCZ)99267000000038757320121121d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmong the bloodpeople[electronic resource] politics and flesh /by Thomas GlaveBrooklyn, N.Y. Akashic Books20131 online resource (220 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61775-170-7 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-PoemTHE 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 BooksConcerns with human rights, political oppression, sexuality, race, and Jamaican culture thematically connect these essays.JamaicaSocial conditionsElectronic books.814.6Glave Thomas949574MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462939003321Among the bloodpeople2146355UNINA