Ban en Banlieue
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An evocative exploration of body and politics by one of our most exciting innovative writers
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Bhanu Kapil's Ban en Banlieue follows a brown (black) girl as she walks home from school in the first moments of a riot. An April night in London, in 1979, is the axis of this startling work of overlapping arcs and varying approaches.
By the end of the night, Ban moves into an incarnate and untethered presence, becoming all matterโsoot, meat, diesel oil and forceโas she loops the city with the energy of global weather. Derived from performances in India, England and throughout the U.S., Ban en Banlieue is written at the limit of somatic and civic aims.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781937658243
Publisher: Nightboat Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 February 2015
Country: United States
Imprint: Nightboat Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Weight: 250g
Pages: 88
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About the Author
BHANU KAPIL is a British-Indian emigrant to the United States. She is the author of five full-length works of poetry/prose: The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers (2001), Incubation: a space for monsters (2006), humanimal [a project for future children] (2009), Schizophrene (2011), and Ban en Banlieue (2015). Since 2007, she has been incubating "Ban" through performances, talks, and collaborations in the U.S., India, and the U.K. She teaches Interdisciplinary Studies at Naropa University in Boulder, CO.
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