The Coup Clock Clicks by Meeks, Brian

The Coup Clock Clicks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781845234256)

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The Coup Clock Clicks by Meeks, Brian

The Coup Clock Clicks

$17.95
The Coup Clock Clicks by Meeks, Brian

The Coup Clock Clicks

$17.95
Format: Paperback
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The poems in The Coup Clock Clicks were written between 1971 and 1988, reflecting the work of the then young political activist, poems challenging indifference, and mainly concerned to understand and, if possible, ameliorate the situation of others. It is also a personal memoir, shaped as autobiography. In reggae-conscious free verse in Jamaican patwa, these poems are fierce, sometimes witty jeremiads against economic and socio-cultural division, poverty, violence, and thwarted lives. The collection is suffused with references to mainly Jamaican popular music. The later poems reflect on the collapse of 1970s' hopes of decolonization after the widespread defeat of the left through self-inflicted injuries and the new world order of resurgent American power under Ronald Reagan.

Author: Brian Meeks
ISBN-10: 1845234251
ISBN-13: 9781845234256
Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2019
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.30d
By Brian Meeks
By Brian Meeks
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Brian Meeks is Professor of Africana Studies and Chair of the Africana Studies/Rites and Reason Theatre Department at Brown University. He has authored and edited eleven books on Caribbean politics, political culture and thought.

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