In A Memoir About The Power Of Race To Share One's Personal Identity, The Daughter Of Jewish Father And African-american Mother Recalls Her Confusing But Ultimately Rewarding Life Lived Between Two Conflicting Ethnic Identities. When Mel Leventhal Married Alice Walker During The Civil Rights Movement In The Late 1960s, His Mother Declared Him Dead And Did Not Reconcile Until After The Birth Of Her First Grandchild. After Mel And Alice Divorced, Their Daughter, Rebecca, Alternated Homes Every Two Years, Spending Time In Mississippi, Brooklyn, San Francisco's Haight Ashbury, Washington, D.c., The Bronx, And Suburban Westchester. With Each New Place Came A New Identity And Desperate Attempts To Fit In: As White Or Black, As Puerto Rican Or Jewish, As A Party Girl, A Fighter, Or A Lover. Confused, And Mostly Alone, She Turned To Sex, Drugs, Books, And A Cast Of Dangerous And Thrilling Characters. Black, White, And Jewish Is The Story Of A Child's Unique Struggle For Identity And Home When Nothing In Her World Told Her Who She Was Or Where She Belonged. Poetic Reflections On Memory, Time, And Identity Punctuate This Gritty Exploration Of Race And Sexuality. Rebecca Walker Has Taken Up The Lineage Of Her Mother, Alice, Whose Last Name She Chose To Carry, And Has Written A Lucid And Inventive Memoir That Marks The Launch Of A Major New Literary Talent. Rebecca Walker.
Categories:
- Politics & Social Sciences
- Social Sciences
Publisher : Riverhead Hardcover
Author : Walker, Rebecca
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2000-12-28
Number Of Pages : 320
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1573221694
ISBN-13 : 9781573221696
Item weight : 1.1 lb
Dimensions : 1.3 in x 5.4 in x 8.3 in
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