Main entry:

Patel, Shailja, author.

Title & Author:

Migritude / by Shailja Patel.

Publication:

New York : Kaya Press ; New York : Distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers., ©2010.

Description:

v, 153 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Notes:
Foreword: Speaking of saris / Vijay Prashad -- Migritude -- Shadow book -- The Making and other poems -- The journey -- Migritude timeline -- On Migritude: a conversation with Shailja Patel / Emanuele Monegato -- Come for the saris, stay for the politics: interview with Shailja Patel / Vanita Reddy.
Library copy: selected for the Multidisciplinary Research Project on Centring Africa: Postcolonial Perspectives on Architecture, 2019-2021, developed by the CCA with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Summary:

"The U.S. debut of internationally acclaimed poet and performance artist Shailja Patel, Migritude is a tour-de-force hybrid text that confounds categories and conventions. Part poetic memoir, part political history, Migritude weaves together family history, reportage and monologues to create an achingly beautiful portrait of women's lives and migrant journeys undertaken under the boot print of Empire. Patel, who was born in Kenya and educated in England and the U.S., honed her poetic skills in performances of this work that have received standing ovations throughout Europe, Africa and North America. She has been described by the Gulf Times as "the poetic equivalent of Arundhati Roy" and by CNN as "the face of globalization as a people-centered phenomenon of migration and exchange." Migritude includes interviews with the author, as well as performance notes and essays." -- Amazon.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9781885030054 (paperback)
1885030053 (paperback)

Subject:

Patel, Shailja.
Poets, American 21st century Biography.
Performance artists United States Biography.
Poètes américains 21e siècle Biographies.
Performers États-Unis Biographies.
Performance artists
Poets, American
Drama.
Lyrik.
Englisch.
United States

Form/genre:

Poetry.
Biographies
Biography.

Added entries:

Monegato, Emanuele, interviewer.
Reddy, Vanita, 1977- interviewer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307024
Call No.: BIB 252565
Status: Available