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Cane, Corn & Gully

Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa

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Debut poetry collection by Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa, poetry, choreography, Barbadian women's voices

Cane, Corn & Gully is a genealogical and autobiographical collection which unites dance and poetry to observe, question and ruminate on what it means to adopt, perform, and pass down the notion of black West Indian femininity. Using labanotation and rhythm to analyse movement from Caribbean dances to movements carried out in everyday rituals, Kinshasa uses these motifs as a form of cartography for the poems.

Cane, Corn & Gully interrogates survival, sexual exploitation, race, gender, and class and invests in a unique discourse on the violence inflicted on the black female body (historically and presently). It explores the meaning of movement in oppressive ideological structures and serves to vindicate the rebellious acts of black women past, present and yet to come.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Publisher:
Out-Spoken Press
ISBN:
9781739902124
Published Date:
17/11/2022
Category:
Poetry

RRP: £11.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781739902124


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