{"product_id":"beating-the-graves-paperback-1","title":"Beating the Graves - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTsitsi Ella Jaji\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in Tsitsi Ella Jaji's \u003ci\u003eBeating the Graves\u003c\/i\u003e meditate on the meaning of living in diaspora, an experience increasingly common among contemporary Zimbabweans. Vivid evocations of the landscape of Zimbabwe filter critiques of contemporary political conditions and ecological challenges, veiled in the multiple meanings of poetic metaphor. Many poems explore the genre of praise poetry, which in Shona culture is a form of social currency for greeting elders and peers with a recitation of the characteristics of one's clan. Others reflect on how diasporic life shapes family relations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The praise songs in this volume pay particular homage to the powerful women and gender-queer ancestors of the poet's lineage and thought. Honoring influences ranging from Caribbean literature to classical music and engaging metaphors from rural Zimbabwe to the post-steel economy of Youngstown, Ohio, Jaji articulates her own \u003ci\u003ears poetica\u003c\/i\u003e. These words revel in the utter ordinariness of living globally, of writing in the presence of all the languages of the world, at home everywhere, and never at rest.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTsitsi Ella Jaji \u003c\/b\u003eis an associate professor of African and African American studies at Duke University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAfrica in Stereo: Modernism, Music, and Pan-African Solidarity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 114\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.27 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350568812793,"sku":"9780803299603","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eUxmZExTUzZ3N2UzTEJIY1NsNDNzUT09_8a7f54c4-3816-4747-89a3-0dedb917fc30.webp?v=1769786916","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/beating-the-graves-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}