5046636Old House and Red Necktieshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/old-house-and-red-neckties-9798888243862/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4590046/image.jpg?v=638556570088070000164164MXNKoehler BooksInStock/Ebooks/". . . enlightening, poetically engaging, and deeply relevant to todays America, and for our world." -Kirandeep Singh Sirah , Storyteller, TEDx Speaker"A modern-day Jamaican DeTocqueville, Grace critiques political and civil society and helps us see them in revealing new ways." -Matthew Creelman, Journalist, Guatemala"A timely work that addresses the ways the construction of race goes beyond the Black-White dichotomies, particularly in the United States." -Curdella Forbes, PhD, Author, Professor of Caribbean Literature, Howard UniversityIn Old House and Red Neckties, Grace Virtue weaves a powerful narrative, juxtaposing ideas of home and belonging against stark intergenerational poverty and systemic inequities-legacies of slavery and colonialism in her homeland, Jamaica. Migration to the United States, a coveted option for many, presents transformative opportunities, intertwined with displacement, disjuncture, and oppression-symbolized by a red necktie.Armed with the finest values of her village, Old House, Grace takes the reader on a journey through deeply complex spaces as she engages the world in unexpected ways.Thought-provoking and inspirational, Old House and Red Neckties is about authenticity, resilience, and the unyielding spirit of one individual determined to live in dignity and freedom. It is also a clarion call to rethink our perceptions of poverty and oppression and work toward a more just world....4774893Old House and Red Neckties164164https://www.gandhi.com.mx/old-house-and-red-neckties-9798888243862/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4590046/image.jpg?v=638556570088070000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249798888243862_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9798888243862_". . . enlightening, poetically engaging, and deeply relevant to todays America, and for our world." -Kirandeep Singh Sirah , Storyteller, TEDx Speaker"A modern-day Jamaican DeTocqueville, Grace critiques political and civil society and helps us see them in revealing new ways." -Matthew Creelman, Journalist, Guatemala"A timely work that addresses the ways the construction of race goes beyond the Black-White dichotomies, particularly in the United States." -Curdella Forbes, PhD, Author, Professor of Caribbean Literature, Howard UniversityIn Old House and Red Neckties, Grace Virtue weaves a powerful narrative, juxtaposing ideas of home and belonging against stark intergenerational poverty and systemic inequities-legacies of slavery and colonialism in her homeland, Jamaica. Migration to the United States, a coveted option for many, presents transformative opportunities, intertwined with displacement, disjuncture, and oppression-symbolized by a red necktie.Armed with the finest values of her village, Old House, Grace takes the reader on a journey through deeply complex spaces as she engages the world in unexpected ways.Thought-provoking and inspirational, Old House and Red Neckties is about authenticity, resilience, and the unyielding spirit of one individual determined to live in dignity and freedom. It is also a clarion call to rethink our perceptions of poverty and oppression and work toward a more just world....9798888243862_Koehler Bookslibro_electonico_9798888243862_9798888243862Grace VirtueInglésMéxico2024-07-25T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-040453ce-77f7-4c5f-8e51-7802b85ff834.epub2024-07-25T00:00:00+00:00Koehler Books