{"product_id":"soundin-canaan-black-canadian-poetry-music-and-citizenship-paperback-softback-9781771126212","title":"Soundin' Canaan; Black Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship (Paperback \/ softback) 9781771126212","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSoundin' Canaan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBlack Canadian Poetry, Music, and Citizenship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Watkins (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781771126212\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart exploration of a key group of Black Canadian poets, part literary, cultural, and musical history, \u003cem\u003eSoundin’ Canaan\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates how music in Black Canadian poetry is not solely aesthetic, but a form of social, ethical, and political expression.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoundin' Canaan\u003c\/em\u003e refers to the code name often used for Canada during the Black migration to Canada. The book analyzes the contributions of key Black Canadian poets, including their poetic styles and their performances. The book has several key objectives, including recuperating the collision of the historical and the Biblically derived figure of Canaan, the promised land of freedom and security for an African American population seeking to leave the shackles of slavery behind and the northern terminus of the underground railroad. Centering around the poetry of George Elliott Clarke, Dionne Brand, M. NourbeSe Philip, Wayde Compton, and rapper K’naan, it delves into how these poets draw inspiration from African American and Afro-diasporic musical genres, such as blues, jazz, reggae and dub, hip-hop, and remix, to reshape the notions of identity and citizenship. \u003cem\u003eSoundin' Canaan\u003c\/em\u003e asks: what does Canadian citizenship sound like, especially when voiced by Black Canadian poets who embrace a fluid and multicultural form of citizenship that moves between local and global spaces, much like music does?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing a DJ Methodology, the author mixes in close readings of poetry, music, cultural and literary history, as well as various interviews with the poets. The book includes an accompanying soundtrack to further enhance the reading experience. Moreover, the book uses musical and sonic terms to analyze the poets’ works and reveals their engagement with ideals and exclusions of state-authorized multiculturalism in a society built upon settler colonialism and anti-Black racism. What happens when those not normally seen as citizens with full rights are brought more into the picture and seen as co-performers of the Canadian remix project? No longer for the elite alone, citizenship is to be universally conferred for all Canadians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrelude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoda: Dialogue and Dissonance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Resounding the Past: Music, Listening, and Multicultural Citizenship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Blues Vernacular and “\u003cbr\u003eHarmonious Dissonance”\u003cbr\u003e in George Elliott Clarke’\u003cbr\u003es \u003cem\u003eColouring Pentateuch: Blue, Black, Red, Gold, and White\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Listening to a Listening: The Disruptive Jazz Poetics of Dionne Brand’\u003cbr\u003es \u003cem\u003eOssuaries\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Clerk (A Call Toward Freedom)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Dub Poetics and Improvised Chant in M. NourbeSe Philip’\u003cbr\u003es \u003cem\u003eZong!\u003c\/em\u003eChapter 5: Wavin’\u003cbr\u003e The Multicultural Flag: Canadian Hip Hop and Global Citizenship in K’\u003cbr\u003enaan’\u003cbr\u003es music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Recovery And Remix: Wayde Compton’\u003cbr\u003es Turntable Poetics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutro: The New Black Can(Aan)Lit And The Community To Come\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702428070168,"sku":"9781771126212","price":31.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/soundin-canaan-black-canadian-poetry-music-and-citizenship-paperback-softback-9781771126212","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}