American Tale
No CoverA dazzling essay collection exploring the cultural and historical significance of the back through literature, film, and art.
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A dazzling essay collection exploring the cultural and historical significance of the back through literature, film, and art.
A popular NewYorker.com contributor explores the mythos of the body's strongest support system in this stylish essay collection, drawing from literature, film, sport, and the visual arts to provide historical context on a wide range of topics from enslavement to the opioid crisis. Back is a dazzling essay collection about backs. Burdened with competing truths about human identity, the back bolsters cultural ideas about beauty, gender, art, labor, and race. Lauren Michele Jackson, who "always sub...
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Brief historical references to violence tied to enslavement
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Opioid crisis discussed among essay topics on American culture
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
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Central themes of race, labor, beauty, gender, and political solidarity
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Enslavement and racial suffering are major essay subjects, including Douglass
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