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T1 Ecojustice poetry in the "BreakBeat Poets" anthologies
A1 Werbanowska, Marta
K1 Ecopoética
K1 Ecojusticia
K1 Poesía hip hop
K1 Afroamericano
K1 Poetas negras
K1 Ecopoetics
K1 Ecojustice
K1 Hip hop poetry
K1 African American
K1 Black women poets
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Medio ambiente
K1 Environmental science
AB Ecological modes of thinking and an awareness of environmental (in)justice are becoming increasingly pronounced in the ethics and aesthetics of hip hop. One area in which the culture’s growing interest in ecology as practice and metaphor is particularly visible is hip hop poetry’s turn to ecojustice, or an intersectional concern with social and environmental justice, liberation, diversity, and sustainability. This article examines selected works from the first two volumes of anthologies published by Haymarket Books as part of their "BreakBeat Poets" series, focusing on three ecojustice-oriented poems that address animal rights, gentrification, and (un)natural disasters. Their authors—all Black women—draw from African American history and culture to illuminate the intertwined ideological, political, and economic dimensions of some of the most pressing humanitarian and environmental crises of today. Samantha Thornhill’s “Ode to a Killer Whale” takes the form of a poetic monologue by the fictional character of Kunta Kinte, revealing similarities between human and animal subjugation and inscribing animal liberation in the Black revolutionary tradition. Candace G. Wiley’s “Parcel Map for the County Assessor” re-members and re-creates a culture of place that permeated the speaker’s countryside childhood to present the larger-than-human cost of rural gentrification. Finally, Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie’s “Global Warming Blues” juxtaposes the personal and the elemental dimensions of climate change in a blues remix that advocates for ecojustice for the disenfranchised.
PB Universidad de Alcalá
SN 2171-9594
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/51752
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/51752
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 28-ene-2023