Book
Citizen : an American lyric / Claudia Rankine.
"Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming slips of the tongue, and some are intentional offensives in the classroom, at the supermarket, at home, on the tennis court with Serena Williams and the soccer field with Zinedine Zidane, online, on TV--everywhere, all the time. 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, as are our assumptions and expectations of citizenship. In essay, image, and poetry, Citizen is a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism in our contemporary, often named 'post-race' society" --from publisher's description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781555976903
- ISBN: 1555976905
- Physical Description: 169 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2014]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | American essays. Racism > United States. Poetry > Black authors. United States > Race relations. |
| Genre: | Poetry. Essays. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker County Library | 814.6 .R211c 2014 (Text) | 37814002850452 | NON-FICTION | Available | - |
