Constructing a Nervous System (Hardback)
Jefferson, Margo (Author)
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Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female body could be - as incarnated by trailblazing Black dancers and athletes - Harriet Beecher Stowe's Topsy reimagined in the artworks of Kara Walker, white supremacy in the novels of Willa Cather, and more, this breathtakingly eloquent account is both a critique and a vindication of the constructed self.
Reviews
Electric [Jefferson] takes vital risks, tosses away rungs of the ladder as it climbs, and offers an indispensable, rollicking account of the enchantments, pleas...
ISBN (SKU)
9781783785544
Pages
197
Weight
318g
Dimensions
224x143x20
Imprint
Granta Books
Published
04, May, 2022
Genres
Biography
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