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Constructing a Nervous System A Memoir

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Publisher's Synopsis

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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Granta Books

Granta Books is one of the most independent-minded and prestigious literary publishers in the UK. The company publishes around 25 new titles a year, both literary fiction and upmarket non-fiction, and provides authors with the intimacy of a small, passionate and creative team while consistently punching above its weight in review coverage, prizes, cultural impact and sales.

Book information

ISBN: 9781783789009
Publisher: Granta Publications
Imprint: Granta Books
Pub date:
Edition: Export ed
DEWEY: 305.896073
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 197
Weight: 216g
Height: 134mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 17mm