Thick

Thick
Author :
Publisher : The New Press
Total Pages : 113
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781620974377
ISBN-13 : 1620974371
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Thick by : Tressie McMillan Cottom

Download or read book Thick written by Tressie McMillan Cottom and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Named a notable book of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, Time, and The Guardian As featured by The Daily Show, NPR, PBS, CBC, Time, VIBE, Entertainment Weekly, Well-Read Black Girl, and Chris Hayes, "incisive, witty, and provocative essays" (Publishers Weekly) by one of the "most bracing thinkers on race, gender, and capitalism of our time" (Rebecca Traister) “Thick is sure to become a classic.” —The New York Times Book Review In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom—award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed—is unapologetically "thick": deemed "thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less," McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the political, from bringing her full self and voice to the fore of her analytical work. Thick "transforms narrative moments into analyses of whiteness, black misogyny, and status-signaling as means of survival for black women" (Los Angeles Review of Books) with "writing that is as deft as it is amusing" (Darnell L. Moore). This "transgressive, provocative, and brilliant" (Roxane Gay) collection cements McMillan Cottom's position as a public thinker capable of shedding new light on what the "personal essay" can do. She turns her chosen form into a showcase for her critical dexterity, investigating everything from Saturday Night Live, LinkedIn, and BBQ Becky to sexual violence, infant mortality, and Trump rallies. Collected in an indispensable volume that speaks to the everywoman and the erudite alike, these unforgettable essays never fail to be "painfully honest and gloriously affirming" and hold "a mirror to your soul and to that of America" (Dorothy Roberts).


Thick Related Books

Thick
Language: en
Pages: 113
Authors: Tressie McMillan Cottom
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-01-08 - Publisher: The New Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Named a notable book of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, Time, and The Guardian As featured by
Against Amazon
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Jorge Carrión
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-17 - Publisher: Biblioasis

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A NEW YORK TIMES NEW & NOTEWORTHY BOOK Good bookshops are questions without answers. They are places that provoke you intellectually, encode riddles, surprise a
On Difficulty
Language: en
Pages: 173
Authors: George Steiner
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-16 - Publisher: Open Road Media

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

DIVA distinguished collection of essays on language, literature, and philosophy from acclaimed scholar and critic George Steiner On Difficulty is as provocative
My 1980s and Other Essays
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Wayne Koestenbaum
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-13 - Publisher: Macmillan

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"A new book of essays by the cultural critic Wayne Koestenbaum, author of The Queen's Throat and Jackie Under My Skin"--
Reflections on Exile and Other Essays
Language: en
Pages: 664
Authors: Edward W. Said
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

With their powerful blend of political and aesthetic concerns, Edward W. Said's writings have transformed the field of literary studies. This long-awaited colle