In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays - Couverture souple

Griffin, Farah Jasmine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393355772 ISBN 13 : 9780393355772

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2023

Synopsis

Lively, insightful writings on Black music, feminism, literature and events from a “masterful critic and master teacher” (The Boston Globe)

In Search of a Beautiful Freedom brings together the best work from Farah Jasmine Griffin’s rich forays on music, Black feminism, literature, the crises of Hurricane Katrina and COVID-19 and the Black artists she esteems. She moves from evoking the haunting strength of Odetta and the rise of soprano popular singers in the 1970s to the forging of a Black women’s literary renaissance and the politics of Malcolm X through the lens of Black feminism. She reflects on pivotal moments in recent American history―including the banning of Toni Morrison’s Beloved―and celebrates the intellectuals, artists and personal relationships that have shaped her identity and her work.

Featuring new and unpublished essays along with ones first appearing in outlets such as The New York Times and NPR, In Search of a Beautiful Freedom is a captivating collection that celebrates the work of “one of the few great intellectuals in our time” (Cornel West).

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Farah Jasmine Griffin ?is professor of African American and African diaspora studies and English and comparative literature at Columbia University. She is the author of Read Until You Understand, among other works. Recipient of a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship, she lives in New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393355772
• ISBN 13: 9780393355772
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible