{"id":58488,"date":"2019-07-13T21:38:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T21:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=58488"},"modified":"2019-07-13T21:38:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T21:38:15","slug":"borderliners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=58488","title":{"rendered":"Borderliners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Borderliners<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

BBC Radio 4<\/a>
\n2019-07-06<\/p>\n

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In a new poem for Radio 4, Hannah Lowe<\/a> explores the mysteries surrounding the lives of her Chinese Jamaican family.<\/em><\/p>\n

The term ‘borderliner’ was once a derogatory term for having mixed heritage. “Between ‘bi-racial’ and ‘bounty,'” Hannah writes, “I find the label ‘borderliner’ which the dictionary tells me, means uncertain or debatable.” Using this term and its troubling history as the basis for a new poetic form, the poem reflects on borders and borderlines, both physical and psychological.<\/p>\n

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\nHannah Lowe<\/small><\/a><\/p>\n

Drawing on half-memories and imagined images from her family history, Hannah Lowe<\/a> re-creates moments from the lives of her Jamaican Chinese father who came to the UK<\/a> by ship in 1947 and became a professional gambler, her Chinese grandfather who moved to Jamaica<\/a> as a legacy of indentured labour in the Caribbean<\/a>, and most elusive of all the mystery surrounding the life of her Jamaican grandmother of whom she has only one photograph.<\/p>\n

Producer: Jo Wheeler<\/strong><\/a>
\nReader: Burt Caesar<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A Just Radio<\/a> production for BBC Radio 4<\/p>\n

Listen to the story (00:27:39) here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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