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Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Category: Poetry
Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in 21st century daily life and in the media. The accumulative stresses come to bear on a person's ability to speak, perform and stay alive. Our addressability is tied to the state of our belonging, Rankine argues, ...Show more
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Category: Poetry
Winner Of The Los Angeles Times Book Prize For Poetry Winner Of The National Book Critics Circle Award For Poetry. 'Everywhere were flashes, a siren sounding and a stretched-out roar. Get on the ground. Get on the ground now. Then I just knew. 'And you are not the guy and still you fit the description b ...Show more
Don't Let Me Be Lonely - An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Category: Politics
In this powerful sequence of TV images and essay, Claudia Rankine explores the personal and political unrest of our volatile new centuryI forget things too. It makes me sad. Or it makesme the saddest. The sadness is not really aboutGeorge W. or our American optimism; thesadness lives in the recognition ...Show more
Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Category: Poetry
Description: Here, available for the first time in the UK, is the book in which Claudia Rankine first developed the 'American Lyric' form which makes her Forward Prize-winning collection Citizen so distinctive: an original combination of poetry, lyric essay, photography and visual art, virtuosically dep ...Show more
Just Us - A Conversation by Claudia Rankine
Category: History
Contemporary America finds itself riven by a culture war in which friendships, families and communities are under strain and defensiveness and aggression alike are on the rise, enshrined in federal law-making and government policy. It is not alone. In such partisan conditions, how can humans best approa ...Show more
Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine
Category: Languages and Reference
Citizen changed the conversation. Just Us moves it forward again - and this time, urges all of us to take part At home and in government, contemporary America finds itself riven by a culture war in which aggression and defensiveness alike are on the rise. It is not alone. In such partisan conditions, ho ...Show more
Plot by Claudia Rankine
Category: Poetry
The stunningly original exploration of pregnancy and childbirth by the acclaimed author of Citizen.In this, the landmark achievement that crowned the first phase of her writing career, Claudia Rankine invites us into the lives of Liv and her husband Erland, as they find themselves propelled into the cla ...Show more
Rashid Johnson by Claudia Rankine; Sampada Aranke; Akili Tommasino
Category: Art Books | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
'Johnson is a leading voice of his generation.' - New York TimesThe most comprehensive publication to date on widely celebrated artist Rashid JohnsonWorking with a variety of media that includes painting, sculpture, photography, video, and performance, Rashid Johnson has created a nuanced and iconograph ...Show more
The Image of Whiteness - Contemporary Photography and Racialization by David Roediger (Text by); Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa (Text by); Claudia Rankine; Daniel Blight (Editor); Yasmin Gunaratnam (Interviewee); George Yancy (Interviewee)
Category: Photography
How contemporary photographers have subverted the constructions and complicities of whiteness From the advent of early colonial photography in the 19th century to contemporary "white savior" social-media images, photography continues to play an integral role in the maintenance of white sovereignty. As ...Show more
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