Caribbean Passion

Leeds: Peepal Tree, 2004. First edition (stated). White octavo (black-white spine); 103 p; 21 cm. Barely rubbed spine head, few faint marks to front cover, else near fine(-). Paperback. ISBN: 1900715929

In Adisa's poems there is a witty play between food and sexuality, but counterpointing her celebration of the erotic, there is a keen sense of the oppression of the female body. In her poem "Bumbu Clat", for instance, she explores the deformation of a word that originally signified "sisterhood" to become part of the most transgressive and misogynist curse in Jamaican society. --WorldCat. Inscribed & signed by author. Jamaica -- Poetry.