LEADER 05761cam 2200853 i 4500001 on1399564128 003 OCoLC 005 20240430153641.0 008 231109t20232023nyu e b 000 0aeng d 010 2023293167 019 1347429517135661918113961262861405204451 020 9781982132330 |q(hardcover) 020 1982132337 |q(hardcover) 020 |z9798885797108 |q(hardcover) 020 |z9781982132354 |q(ebook) 035 (Sirsi) 40032149281 035 40032149281 035 (OCoLC)1399564128 |z(OCoLC)1347429517 |z(OCoLC)1356619181 |z(OCoLC)1396126286 |z(OCoLC)1405204451 040 GCmBT |beng |erda |cDLC |dPCX |dRNL |dNBO |dJTH |dNTE |dZ#6 |dIL2 |dJPL |dVP@ |dCDX |dVLW |dMNE |dQS3 |dMAC |dTOH |dBDX |dYDX |dIOU |dFZL |dHQD |dCQC |dOCLCF |dMNM |dFHP |dDAC |dWAU |dUtOrBLW 042 lccopycat 043 n-us--- 050 00 PS3619.I56847 |bZ46 2023b 082 04 818/.6B |223 082 04 811/.6B |223/eng/20230925 100 1 Sinclair, Safiya, |eauthor. |=^A1322797 245 10 How to say Babylon : |ba memoir / |cSafiya Sinclair. 250 First 37Ink/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 264 1 New York : |b37Ink/Simon & Schuster, |c2023. 264 4 |c©2023 300 x, 335 pages ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 "Read with Jenna"--Jacket. 520 "Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair's father, a volatile reggae musician and militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, became obsessed with her purity, in particular, with the threat of what Rastas call Babylon, the immoral and corrupting influences of the Western world outside their home. He worried that womanhood would make Safiya and her sisters morally weak and impure, and believed a woman's highest virtue was her obedience. In an effort to keep Babylon outside the gate, he forbade almost everything. In place of pants, the women in her family were made to wear long skirts and dresses to cover their arms and legs, head wraps to cover their hair, no make-up, no jewelry, no opinions, no friends. Safiya's mother, while loyal to her father, nonetheless gave Safiya and her siblings the gift of books, including poetry, to which Safiya latched on for dear life. And as Safiya watched her mother struggle voicelessly for years under housework and the rigidity of her father's beliefs, she increasingly used her education as a sharp tool with which to find her voice and break free. Inevitably, with her rebellion comes clashes with her father, whose rage and paranoia explodes in increasing violence. As Safiya's voice grows, lyrically and poetically, a collision course is set between them. How to Say Babylon is Sinclair's reckoning with the culture that initially nourished but ultimately sought to silence her; it is her reckoning with patriarchy and tradition, and the legacy of colonialism in Jamaica. Rich in lyricism and language only a poet could evoke, How to Say Babylon is both a universal story of a woman finding her own power and a unique glimpse into a rarefied world we may know how to name, Rastafari, but one we know little about" -- |cPublisher's description. 504 Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 Author's note -- Prologue -- Budgerigar -- The man who would be god -- Domain of the marvelous -- Fisherman's daughter -- Unclean women -- Bettah must come -- Revelations -- As the twig is bent -- Chicken merry hawk -- Hydra -- Age of wonder -- Moth in amber -- Medusa -- My Eurydice -- The red belt -- False idol -- Book of Esther -- Not Hollywood -- Through the fire -- Silver -- Lionheart -- Galatea -- Dance of Salome -- Leaving Sequestra -- Coven -- Jezebel -- Harbinger of Babylon -- Mermaid -- Daughter of Lilith -- The red door -- Iphigenia -- Jumbie bird -- I woman. 600 10 Sinclair, Safiya. |=^A1322797 650 0 African American women authors |y21st century |vBiography. |=^A153168 650 0 Women poets, American |vBiography. |=^A652647 650 0 Women college teachers |zUnited States |vBiography. |=^A89107 650 0 Rastafarians |vBiography. |=^A1194591 650 0 Jamaicans |vBiography. |=^A110803 650 0 Fathers and daughters. |=^A130669 650 6 Poétesses américaines |vBiographies. 650 6 Professeures (Enseignement supérieur) |zÉtats-Unis |vBiographies. 650 6 Jamaïquains |vBiographies. 650 6 Pères et filles. 650 7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. |2bisacsh 650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies. |2bisacsh 650 7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional. |2bisacsh 650 7 African American women authors. |2fast 650 7 Fathers and daughters. |2fast 650 7 Jamaicans. |2fast 650 7 Rastafarians. |2fast 650 7 Women college teachers. |2fast 650 7 Women poets, American. |2fast 651 7 United States. |2fast |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 7 Women |vBiography. |2sears 650 7 Women poets |vBiography. |2sears 650 7 Colleges and universities |xFaculty |vBiography. |2sears 650 7 Jamaicans |vBiography. |2sears 648 7 2000-2099 |2fast 655 0 Biography. |=^A2154 655 7 autobiographies (literary works) |2aat 655 7 Autobiographies. |2fast 655 7 Biographies. |2fast 655 7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Autobiographies. |2rvmgf 949 |i30372017711414 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s28.99 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 6333826