Bibliograph

The notion of family, photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier ; essays by Dennis C. Dickerson and Laura Wexler ; interview by Dawoud Bey ; editor, Lesley A. Martin

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The notion of family, photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier ; essays by Dennis C. Dickerson and Laura Wexler ; interview by Dawoud Bey ; editor, Lesley A. Martin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The notion of family

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

859305302

Responsibility statement

photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier ; essays by Dennis C. Dickerson and Laura Wexler ; interview by Dawoud Bey ; editor, Lesley A. Martin

Summary

In this, her first book, LaToya Ruby Frazier (born 1982) offers an incisive exploration of the legacy of racism and economic decline in America's small towns, as embodied by Braddock, Pennsylvania, Frazier's hometown. The work also considers the impact of that decline on the community and on her family, creating a statement both personal and truly political--an intervention in the histories and narratives of the region that are dominated by stories of Andrew Carnegie and Pittsburgh's industrial past, but largely ignore those of black families and the working classes. Frazier has set her story of three generations--her Grandma Ruby, her mother and herself--against larger questions of civic belonging and responsibility

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LaToya Ruby Frazier

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