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The Fifth Figure by Breeze, Jean 'Binta'
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- ISBN
- 9781852247324
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books
ISBN-10
1852247320
ISBN-13
9781852247324
eBay Product ID (ePID)
58658450
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fifth Figure
Number of Pages
80 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Caribbean & Latin American, General
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Poetry
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
0.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-360045
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
'Jean 'Binta' Breeze... emerged in the 1980s as the first female dub poet,fusing reggae rhythms and music with the spoken word... Through the useof a variety of women's voices and contexts, Breeze's work challengedthe usual stances of the dub and performance poetry tradition. Whetheron stage, record or page, she spoke for - and to - black femaleexperience, encompassing a wide range of subjects, styles andtonalities.' - Lyn Innes, The Guardian, paying tribute to Jean 'Binta' Breeze., 'She stood out for the passion of her performances, the raw honesty ofher personal stories and her use of Jamaica's lyrical vernacular.' - Katharine Q. Seelye, The New York Times , tribute to Jean 'Binta' Breeze, 'Her range included not only the polemical and the personal, but alsomore extended narratives and memoirs. A later, remarkable book, The Fifth Figure,is in five sections, each of which adopts the perspective of Breeze'sforbears, from Great-grandmother down to mother, until the last one ishers. In a wealth of styles, she finds echoes between the voices, beforeencompassing them all in the biographical conclusion.' - The Telegraph, paying tribute to Jean 'Binta' Breeze, A major, perhaps even a great voice. For stature, Jean "Binta" Breeze invites a Caribbean comparison with Maya Angelou, except that her range is broader still. Her poetry shifts effortlessly through standard English to a native Jamaican which has no equal in its emotional depth.
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Dewey Decimal
811.54
Synopsis
Jean 'Binta' Breeze was a popular Jamaican Dub poet and storyteller whose performances were so powerful she has been called a 'one-woman festival'. The Fifth Figure is a book-length sequence mixing poetry and prose which chronicles the lives of five generations of Caribbean and Black British women of mixed ancestry. Part novel, part poem, part family memoir, its structure is based on the Jamaican quadrille, a hybrid version of the dance brought from Europe by the island's former colonial masters. Beginning in the late 19th century with her great-great grandmother's first quadrille, Breeze tells a many-layered tale of love and betrayal, innocence and suffering, hardship and joy over a hundred years as each mother sees her daughter join a dance that shapes her life. The Fifth Figure was her sixth book, and saw Breeze breathing new life into the dramatic monologue. Steeped in the history of Jamaica, the book develops the possibilities of narrative, voice and rhythm, offering an eloquent and empowering vision of Caribbean lives and culture. In 2011 Bloodaxe published Jean 'Binta' Breeze's Third World Girl: Selected Poems , a DVD-book selection of new and previously published work with live performances on the accompanying DVD. This does include work from The Fifth Figure , which remains available as a separate edition, nor the later collection, The Verandah Poems (2016)., Jean 'Binta' Breeze was a popular Jamaican Dub poet and storytellerwhose performances were so powerful she has been called a 'one-womanfestival'. The Fifth Figure is a book-length sequence mixingpoetry and prose which chronicles the lives of five generations ofCaribbean and Black British women of mixed ancestry. Part novel, part poem, part family memoir, its structure is based onthe Jamaican quadrille, a hybrid version of the dance brought fromEurope by the island's former colonial masters. Beginning in the late19th century with her great-great grandmother's first quadrille, Breezetells a many-layered tale of love and betrayal, innocence and suffering,hardship and joy over a hundred years as each mother sees her daughterjoin a dance that shapes her life. The Fifth Figure was her sixth book, and saw Breeze breathingnew life into the dramatic monologue. Steeped in the history of Jamaica,the book develops the possibilities of narrative, voice and rhythm,offering an eloquent and empowering vision of Caribbean lives andculture. In 2011 Bloodaxe published Jean 'Binta' Breeze's Third World Girl: Selected Poems , a DVD-book selection of new and previously published work with live performances on the accompanying DVD. This does include work from The Fifth Figure , which remains available as a separate edition, nor the later collection, The Verandah Poems (2016)., Chronicles the lives of five generations of Caribbean and Black British women of mixed ancestry. Steeped in the history of Jamaica, this book develops the possibilities of narrative, voice and rhythm, offering a vision of Caribbean lives and culture., Jean 'Binta' Breeze is a popular Jamaican Dub poet and storyteller whose performances are so powerful she has been called a 'one-woman festival'. The Fifth Figure is a book-length sequence mixing poetry and prose which chronicles the lives of five generations of Caribbean and Black British women of mixed ancestry. Part novel, part poem, part family memoir, its structure is based on the Jamaican quadrille, a hybrid version of the dance brought from Europe by the island's former colonial masters. Beginning in the late 19th century with her great-great grandmother's first quadrille, Breeze tells a many-layered tale of love and betrayal, innocence and suffering, hardship and joy over a hundred years as each mother sees her daughter join a dance which shapes her life. The Fifth Figure is her fifth book, and sees Breeze breathing new life into the dramatic monologue. Steeped in the history of Jamaica, the book develops the possibilities of narrative, voice and rhythm, offering an eloquent and empowering vision of Caribbean lives and culture.
LC Classification Number
PR9265.9.B73
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