{"product_id":"how-to-say-babylon","title":"How to Say Babylon","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Read with Jenna \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e Show Book Club Pick!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Best Book of 2023 by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, and Barack Obama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith echoes of \u003ci\u003eEducated \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBorn a Crime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Say Babylon\u003c\/i\u003e is the stunning story of the author's struggle to break free of her rigid Rastafarian upbringing, ruled by her father's strict patriarchal views and repressive control of her childhood, to find her own voice as a woman and poet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Say Babylon \u003c\/i\u003eis 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, \u003ci\u003eHow to Say Babylon \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53792447168850,"sku":"9781668032220","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_f60a422a-aede-4571-8e9d-ab6666a28a66.jpg?v=1781818504","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/how-to-say-babylon","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}