Constructing a Nervous System : A Memoir

Shakespeare & Sons Buchhandel GmbH Verified independent store

→

Margo Jefferson boldly and brilliantly fuses cultural analysis and memoir to probe race, class, family and art. Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a chil d 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. Format: Paperback Published: UK, 2023 Publisher: Granta Books Pages: 208 Language: English ISBN 13: 9781783785568 ISBN 10: 178378556X Show more