Harlem is Nowhere
A Journey to the Mecca of Black America
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2020
Granta Books (Verlag)
978-1-84708-460-6 (ISBN)
Granta Books (Verlag)
978-1-84708-460-6 (ISBN)
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An impressionistic history of Harlem that seeks to capture its essential spirit at a time when it is changing fast, from a stylish and perceptive young American star in the making.
Harlem is a small corner of a big city, with an outsize reputation and even-larger influence. Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts arrived there in 2002, and began engaging Harlem's most colourful residents in impromptu kerbside exchanges, seeking to map the changes that were transforming her new neighbourhood. The result is a beguilingly well-written meditation on the essence of black Harlem, as it teeters on the brink of seeing its poorer residents and their rich histories turfed out by commercial developers intent on providing swish condos for cool-seeking (and mostly white) gentrifiers. Combining a mix of conversations with scholars and streetcorner men, thoughtful musings on notable antecedents and illustrious Harlemites of the twentieth century, and Rhodes-Pitts's own story of migration (from Texas to Harlem via Harvard), this is an exceptionally striking debut.
Harlem is a small corner of a big city, with an outsize reputation and even-larger influence. Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts arrived there in 2002, and began engaging Harlem's most colourful residents in impromptu kerbside exchanges, seeking to map the changes that were transforming her new neighbourhood. The result is a beguilingly well-written meditation on the essence of black Harlem, as it teeters on the brink of seeing its poorer residents and their rich histories turfed out by commercial developers intent on providing swish condos for cool-seeking (and mostly white) gentrifiers. Combining a mix of conversations with scholars and streetcorner men, thoughtful musings on notable antecedents and illustrious Harlemites of the twentieth century, and Rhodes-Pitts's own story of migration (from Texas to Harlem via Harvard), this is an exceptionally striking debut.
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts was born in Texas in 1978, and arrived in Harlem in 2002, shortly after graduating from Harvard, where she read African-American Studies and film-making. A former Fulbright scholar at the University of St Andrews, a laureate at the Centre International des Recollets, and the recipient of Rona Jaffe and Lannan awards, Rhodes-Pitts, now 31, has written for, amongst others, the New York Times, Boston Globe, Nation, and Vogue.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.12.2020 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84708-460-5 / 1847084605 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84708-460-6 / 9781847084606 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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