About the book
Colliding with and confronting The Tempest and postcolonial identity, the poems in Safiya Sinclair’s Cannibal explore Jamaican childhood and history, race relations in America, womanhood, otherness, and exile. She evokes a home no longer accessible and a body at times uninhabitable, often mirrored by a hybrid Eve/Caliban figure. Blooming with intense lyricism and fertile imagery, these full-blooded poems are elegant, mythic, and intricately woven. Here the female body is a dark landscape; the female body is cannibal. Sinclair shocks and delights her readers with her willingness to disorient and provoke, creating a multitextured collage of beautiful and explosive poems.
Editions of Cannibal
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780803290631
- EBook
- ISBN 9780803295360
- EBook
- ISBN 9780803295377
- EBook
- ISBN 9780803295384
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Colliding with and confronting The Tempest and postcolonial identity, the poems in Safiya Sinclair’s Cannibal explore Jamaican childhood and history, race relations in America, womanhood, otherness, and exile. She evokes a home no longer accessible and a body at times uninhabitable, often mirrored by a hybrid Eve/Caliban figure. Blooming with intense lyricism and fertile imagery, these full-blooded poems are elegant, mythic, and intricately woven. Here the female body is a dark landscape; the female body is cannibal. Sinclair shocks and delights her readers with her willingness to disorient and provoke, creating a multitextured collage of beautiful and explosive poems.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cannibal about?
Colliding with and confronting The Tempest and postcolonial identity, the poems in Safiya Sinclair’s Cannibal explore Jamaican childhood and history, race relations in America, womanhood, otherness, and exile. She evokes a home no longer accessible and a body at times uninhabitable, often mirrored by a hybrid Eve/Caliban figure. Blooming with intense lyricism and fertile imagery, these full-blooded poems are elegant, mythic, and intricately woven. Here the female body is a dark landscape; the female body is cannibal. Sinclair shocks and delights her readers with her willingness to disorient and provoke, creating a multitextured collage of beautiful and explosive poems.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Cannibal?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Poetry / Poems
Where can I read a sample of Cannibal?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780803290631
Is Cannibal part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Cannibal?
Safiya Sinclair
Who is the Publisher of the book Cannibal?
Nebraska
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Cannibal is available as paperback(ISBN 9780803290631) and ebook(ISBN 9780803295360) and ebook(ISBN 9780803295377) and ebook(ISBN 9780803295384)
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