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A Little Devil in America

- In Praise of Black Performance
Af: Hanif Abdurraqib Engelsk Paperback

A Little Devil in America

- In Praise of Black Performance
Af: Hanif Abdurraqib Engelsk Paperback
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**As featured on Barack Obama''s Summer 2022 Reading List**

Winner of the Gordon Burn Prize
Winner of the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Finalist for the Pen/Diamonstein-Spievogel Award for the Art of the Essay
Shortlisted for the National Book Award

''Gorgeous'' - Brit Bennett
''Pure genius'' - Jacqueline Woodson
''One of the most dynamic books I have ever read'' - Clint Smith

At the March on Washington, Josephine Baker reflected on her life and her legacy. She had spent decades as one of the most successful entertainers in the world, but, she told the crowd, "I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too". Inspired by these words, Hanif Abdurraqib has written a stirring meditation on Black performance in the modern age, in which culture, history and his own lived experience collide.

With sharp insight, humour and heart, Abdurraqib explores a sequence of iconic and intimate performances that take him from mid-century Paris to the moon -- and back down again, to a cramped living room in Columbus, Ohio. Each one, he shows, has layers of resonance across Black and white cultures, the politics of American empire, and his own personal history of love and grief -- whether it''s the twenty-seven seconds of ''Gimme Shelter'' in which Merry Clayton sings, or the magnificent hours of Aretha Franklin''s homegoing; Beyoncé''s Super Bowl show or a schoolyard fistfight; Dave Chapelle''s skits or a game of spades among friends.

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**As featured on Barack Obama''s Summer 2022 Reading List**

Winner of the Gordon Burn Prize
Winner of the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Finalist for the Pen/Diamonstein-Spievogel Award for the Art of the Essay
Shortlisted for the National Book Award

''Gorgeous'' - Brit Bennett
''Pure genius'' - Jacqueline Woodson
''One of the most dynamic books I have ever read'' - Clint Smith

At the March on Washington, Josephine Baker reflected on her life and her legacy. She had spent decades as one of the most successful entertainers in the world, but, she told the crowd, "I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too". Inspired by these words, Hanif Abdurraqib has written a stirring meditation on Black performance in the modern age, in which culture, history and his own lived experience collide.

With sharp insight, humour and heart, Abdurraqib explores a sequence of iconic and intimate performances that take him from mid-century Paris to the moon -- and back down again, to a cramped living room in Columbus, Ohio. Each one, he shows, has layers of resonance across Black and white cultures, the politics of American empire, and his own personal history of love and grief -- whether it''s the twenty-seven seconds of ''Gimme Shelter'' in which Merry Clayton sings, or the magnificent hours of Aretha Franklin''s homegoing; Beyoncé''s Super Bowl show or a schoolyard fistfight; Dave Chapelle''s skits or a game of spades among friends.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9780141995793
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0141995793
Kategori: Populærkultur
Udg. Dato: 24 mar 2022
Længde: 22mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 24 mar 2022
Forfatter(e): Hanif Abdurraqib
Forfatter(e) Hanif Abdurraqib


Kategori Populærkultur


ISBN-13 9780141995793


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 22mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 24 mar 2022


Oplagsdato 24 mar 2022


Forlag Penguin Books Ltd