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Transformatrix / Patience Agbabi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agbabi, Patience, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (78 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Payback, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Inspired by 90s poetry, 80s rap and 70s disco, this work is a celebration of literary form and constitutes a commentary on the realities of late 20th-century Britain.
- 'They call me Jax, though my real name's EvaThe whole of the Jackson Five rolled into one serious divaNo.1 on the guest list, top of the chartsWhen I make my grand entrance, the sea of sequins parts...'From Hamburg to Jo'burg, Oslo to Soho, Patience Agbabi follows her critically acclaimed debut collection R.A.W., with Transformatrix, an exploration of women, travel and metamorphosis. Inspired by 90s poetry, 80s rap and 70s disco, Transformatrix is a celebration of literary form and constitutes a very potent and telling commentary on the realities of late twentieth century Britain. It is also a self-portrait of a poet whose honesty, intelligence and wit manages to pack a punch, draw a smile and warm your heart all at once.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- PROLOGUE
- HIGH-FLYING FEMMES
- UFO WOMAN (PRONOUNCED OOFOE)
- THE JOYRIDER
- THAT FOUR FOUR TRIP
- BUFFALOS AND SILVER STILETTOS
- DEVILS IN RED DRESSES
- THE EXCORIATION
- THE WIFE OF BAFA
- THE HEADDRESS
- BITCH
- R &
- B
- OPPIES AND FRESH RED RIBBONS
- SEVEN SISTERS
- MARTINA
- THE TIME TRAVELLER
- THE EARTH MOTHER
- MS DE MEANOUR
- THE TIGER
- SAMANTHA
- LEILA
- LABOURERS OF LOVE
- THE ART OF CREATION
- WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND FINDING A RHYME FOR ORANGE
- IF
- MENAGE A TROIS
- BPM
- COUNTDOWN TO ZERO
- WHO'S WHO?
- MOTHERS OF INVERSION
- THE CHANGE
- AJAX
- DOUBLE ENTENDRE
- CLAWS
- THE STING
- THE SHIFT
- TRANSFORMATRIX
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781847677280
- 1847677282
- OCLC:
- 889908356
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