Fred Moten

B Jenkins (Refiguring American Music)

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ISBN 13:
9780822346968
author:
Fred Moten
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Duke University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2010
Pages:
120
Dimensions:
23.11 x 15.24 x 1.02 centimetres
Genre:
Nonfiction, Social Sciences, General,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 7 working days
£16.99

Description

B Jenkins Fred Moten's fourth collection of poetry, B Jenkins, is a deeply personal and intellectually rich work that explores themes of language, music, performance, and the black radical aesthetic. Named after his mother, who passed away in 2000, this elegy also serves as an inquiry into the intersections of art, scholarship, and activism. Through his verse, Moten weaves together cadences from his mother's Arkansas home with African American history and avant-garde jazz riffs. The book features a range of references to thinkers, writers, artists, and performers who have shaped Moten's work, including James Baldwin, Roland Barthes, and Charlie Parker. A concluding interview with Charles Henry Rowell provides insight into the poet's thoughts on his work and its relation to theory, music, and African American vernacular culture. With 124 pages of innovative verse, B Jenkins is a significant addition to Moten's oeuvre, one that continues to explore the complex relationships between language, sound, and performance.

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