Known and strange things, essays, Teju Cole
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Known and strange things, essays, Teju Cole
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Illustrations
illustrationsplates
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Known and strange things
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
929917329
Responsibility statement
Teju Cole
Sub title
essays
Summary
"With this collection of more than fifty pieces on politics, photography, travel, history, and literature, Teju Cole solidifies his place as one of today's most powerful and original voices. On page after page, deploying prose dense with beauty and ideas, he finds fresh and potent ways to interpret art, people, and historical moments, taking in subjects from Virginia Woolf, Shakespeare, and W.G. Sebald to Instagram, Barack Obama, and Boko Haram."--Amazon.com"With this collection of more than fifty pieces on politics, photography, travel, history, and literature, Teju Cole solidifies his place as one of today's most powerful and original voices. On page after page, deploying prose dense with beauty and ideas, he finds fresh and potent ways to interpret art, people, and historical moments, taking in subjects from Virginia Woolf, Shakespeare, and W.G. Sebald to Instagram, Barack Obama, and Boko Haram. Cole brings us new considerations of James Baldwin in the age of Black Lives Matter; the African American photographer Roy DeCarava, who, forced to shoot with film calibrated exclusively for white skin tones, found his way to a startling and true depiction of black subjects; and (in an essay that inspired both praise and pushback when it first appeared) the White Savior Industrial Complex, the system by which African nations are sentimentally aided by an America "developed on pillage." Persuasive and provocative, erudite yet accessible, Known and Strange Things is an opportunity to live within Teju Cole's wide-ranging enthusiasms, curiosities, and passions, and a chance to see the world in surprising and affecting new frames."--Publisher's description
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- essays
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Africa -- Foreign relations -- History and criticism
- Afrique -- Relations extérieures -- Histoire et critique
- African American politicians + History and criticism
- Politique et littérature + Histoire et critique
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / EssayŝLITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / African American̂BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers
- Aesthetics + History and criticism
- essays
- Écrivains noirs américains + Histoire et critique
- Essais (Genre littéraire)
- Photographes noirs américains + Histoire et critique
- Essays
- Littérature + Histoire et critique
- African American authors + History and criticism
- Politiciens noirs américains + Histoire et critique
- Essais
- Black lives matter movement
- African American photographers + History and criticism
- Essay
- Essays
- Literature + History and criticism
- Mouvement Black Lives Matter
- Politics and literature + History and criticism
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- essays
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Africa -- Foreign relations -- History and criticism
- Afrique -- Relations extérieures -- Histoire et critique
- African American politicians + History and criticism
- Politique et littérature + Histoire et critique
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / EssayŝLITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / African American̂BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers
- Aesthetics + History and criticism
- essays
- Écrivains noirs américains + Histoire et critique
- Essais (Genre littéraire)
- Photographes noirs américains + Histoire et critique
- Essays
- Littérature + Histoire et critique
- African American authors + History and criticism
- Politiciens noirs américains + Histoire et critique
- Essais
- Black lives matter movement
- African American photographers + History and criticism
- Essay
- Essays
- Literature + History and criticism
- Mouvement Black Lives Matter
- Politics and literature + History and criticism
- Content1
- Author1
- Is Part Of1
- Mapped to1