Farah Jasmine Griffin

In Search of a Beautiful Freedom

New and Selected Essays

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Produktbeschreibung

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 Featuring new and unpublished essays along with ones first appearing in outlets such as The New York Times and NPR, In Search of a Beautiful Freedom is a captivating collection that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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 136mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9780393355772
• ISBN-10: 0393355772
• Artikelnr.: 64107035

Autorenporträt

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.