Dark // thing /
A multi-faceted work that explores the darkness/otherness by which the world sees Black people. Ashley M. Jones stares directly into the face of the racism that allows people to be seen as dark things, as objects that can be killed/enslaved/oppressed/devalued. This work, full as it is of slashes of...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Warrensburg, Missouri :
Pleiades Press,
[2019]
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Series: | Lena-Miles Wever Todd poetry series.
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Summary: | A multi-faceted work that explores the darkness/otherness by which the world sees Black people. Ashley M. Jones stares directly into the face of the racism that allows people to be seen as dark things, as objects that can be killed/enslaved/oppressed/devalued. This work, full as it is of slashes of all kinds, ultimately separates darkness from thingness, affirming and celebrating humanity. |
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Physical Description: | 82 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: | 0807170607 9780807170601 |