Constructing a Nervous System - A Memoir (Paperback)

Margo Jefferson

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Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child 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.

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Imprint:	Granta Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2022
Authors:	Margo Jefferson
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-78378-900-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Biography > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Promotions
LSN:	1-78378-900-X
Barcode:	9781783789009