Post Modernism in Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed

[@danielbackerauthor]

I’m releasing a novel on August 15, called Lionel Lancet and The Right Vibe, which was inspired by Ishmael Reed, specifically his novel Flight to Canada.

[@kmaher1424]

Nobody cares

[@morbidswither3051]

An absolutely wonderful review. Just incredible! Bravo, and cheers to your darling bird. I appreciated this so much!

[@danielbackerauthor]

Thank you for watching and for the kind words!

[@flamephlegm]

I'm so happy you have another video! Pringle is a great little bird, I'm glad Lawrence has a brother to play with! To your point about form mirroring theme, I remember at one point reading House of Leaves and realizing the the book designed to be bigger than it's cover by a quarter inch. In regard to "Jes Grew" I am reminded of the Slave era mental health diagnosis of "Drapetomania" which caused slaves to want to run from their masters. That last passage is so amazing. It reminds me about what you said about, "Sometimes the crowd wants to see Jordan dunk." That's definitely Reed dunking in fantastic form. My only guess on that word is that he's mining French or Hatian Creole and maybe taking an approach to the language a jazzman might take to a scale. I'm not sure how it's spelled but if it has 'gras' in it (like Mardi Gras) that part might mean "fat" which could certainly make sense in the context of some sort of opulent prize.

[@danielbackerauthor]

Yay! I'm happy you're happy. Lawrence has mounted Pringle a few times, so it seems like they're getting along. House of leaves is a great example of that formal concept, I should probably do a video on that one, but it's been years since I've read it. I've never heard of Drapetomania, but I will definitely look that up, sound right in line with the book. And, as for your guess about the world, I think you're right. I also think he might have written it phonetically, so the actual word might be spelled differently, I was just surprised that I couldn't find any information about it. I appreciate your continuing to watch the videos and for your comments, this has been a fun avenue for me to channel these ideas that usually bore my friends to tears (they're more film people), so thanks again for watching, and feel free to share them around in relevant internet discussions!

[@duncan_xyz]

Gravity's Rainbow is where I discovered Ishmael Reed.

[@danielbackerauthor]

Same! I didn’t catch it the first read, I assumed he was a fictional character.

[@GoldandAppel]

Yeah he's on that level.

[@LuminantLion]

Gros-ben-age seems to be a pun on "gros bon ange" from Haitian Creole referring to one of the dualistic aspects of the soul, responsible for biological functions such as breathing and blood flow. So "gros-ben-age" is a term like zeitgeist but is more like "the life of the age" from what I can tell

[@danielbackerauthor]

This is great insight, I’m going to pin this.

[@LuminantLion]

@@danielbackerauthor When you google the term, some articles on the book come up, and one of them mentions this pun situation. From there I looked up gros bon ange and Wiktionary had me covered.

[@danielbackerauthor]

@@LuminantLion I should have done some research 🧐 thanks for the heads up!

[@LuminantLion]

@@danielbackerauthor It seems that with postmodern works you can never go wrong with researching every single little thing, I found this while researching for my final assignment

[@krell1080]

very interesting take. it reminds me of Artaud's Theatre and it's Double. specifically the essay on plague as not exclusively physical but a symptom of culture and language.

[@GoldandAppel]

Thanx Mom for putting me up on this book. ♥

[@Snardbafulator]

Jes' Grew is not pronounced like it's French. It comes from Topsy in Uncle Tom's Cabin, who imagined she "just growed." I think the pronunciation would be jez grew.

[@mariamoriarty2411]

Can you do another video discussing and analyzing further into the book? I feel like all these quotes are from the first 15 chapters and I would love to hear what you have to say throughout.

[@danielbackerauthor]

I’ll have to add it to the list! This is was a dense book for me, so I don’t know if I’ll be able to get to it soon, but I could definitely see myself doing another read next year.

[@summerhillseven7489]

❤🎉 Bravo!!!! Thank you. This is exemplary!

[@studiobl]

Jes’ Grew is an African American pronunciation of Just Grew. Where did this funky culture come from? When did the young people start dancing like that? How is this spreading so fast? It jes’ grew I guess.

[@studiobl]

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[@danielbackerauthor]

This is great! I wish I would have known this before making the video. Thanks for sharing.

[@GoldandAppel]

Well put Brian.

[@laurelweiner8]

Wow I was picking up the book to read it..and it fell on my keyboard and WOW...whatever it hit...your video appeared....

[@danielbackerauthor]

The lard works in mysterious ways.

[@breadandwater7038]

after i started reading the book i felt like i was listening to jazz or something. the form of his writing was pretty unorthodox and fucking dense

[@danielbackerauthor]

Yes, this was a tough little book, there were so many historical references I had to look up as well, it was hard but worth it.

[@amelmahmoud8221]

CUTE BIRD..AND USEFUL LECTURE..THNAK YOU

[@chrisscarfo8832]

Awesome man!

[@kmaher1424]

Could not find enough references online? Not everything has been digitized. Books still matter. Jest Grew does not need a French pronunciation. The 20's mean the Jazz Age? Look up The Harlem Renaissance...

[@danielbackerauthor]

No body cares.

[@GoldandAppel]

Gros bon ange. Your animating SPIRIT.