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Coates Ta-Nehisi (1975- ). Autor

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Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

Demographic Group

Literatura polska

Subject

Nacjonalizm Rasizm Społeczeństwo

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Esej Publicystyka

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Socjologia i społeczeństwo

Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set out to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s classic “Politics and the English Language,”but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories—our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking—expose and distort our realities. In the first of the book’s three intertwining essays, Coates, on his first trip to Africa, finds himself in two places at once: in Dakar, a modern city in Senegal, and in a mythic kingdom in his mind. Then he takes readers along with him to Columbia, South Carolina, where he reports on his own book’s banning, but also explores the larger backlash to the nation’s recent reckoning with history and the deeply rooted American mythology so visible in that city—a capital of the Confederacy with statues of segregationists looming over its public squares. Finally, in the book’s longest section, Coates travels to Palestine, where he sees with devastating clarity how easily we are misled by nationalist narratives, and the tragedy that lies in the clash between the stories we tell and the reality of life on the ground.

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The American daughters : a novel / Maurice Carlos Ruffin. - New York : One World, 2024. - [12], 285, [4] strony : ilustracja ; 22 cm.

Author

Ruffin Maurice Carlos. Autor

Form of Work

Książki Proza

Demographic Group

Literatura amerykańska

Subject

Kobieta Afroamerykanie Ruch oporu Społeczności lokalne Współdziałanie Walka Nowy Orlean (Stany Zjednoczone)

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Książka w języku angielskim. “An enthralling tale of a secret resistance movement run by Black women in pre-Civil War New Orleans” (Time ). Ady, a curious, sharp-witted girl, and her fierce mother, Sanite, are inseparable. Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the pair spend their days dreaming of a loving future and reminiscing about their family’s rebellious and storied history. When mother and daughter are separated, Ady is left hopeless and directionless until she stumbles into the Mockingbird Inn and meets Lenore, a free Black woman with whom she becomes fast friends. Lenore invites Ady to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters. With the courage instilled in her by Sanite - and with help from these strong women - Ady learns how to put herself first. So begins her journey toward liberation and imagining a new future. The American Daughters is a novel of hope and triumph that reminds us what is possible when a community bands together to fight for their freedom.

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Poliglotka (Nowolipki 21)

There are copies available to loan: sygn. 821-3 amer. (1 egz.)