{"product_id":"contemporary-revolutions-turning-back-to-the-future-in-21st-century-literature-and-art-paperback","title":"Contemporary Revolutions: Turning Back to the Future in 21st-Century Literature and Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Stanford Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturning to revolution's original meaning of 'cycle', \u003ci\u003eContemporary Revolutions \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how 21st-century writers, artists, and performers re-engage the arts of the past to reimagine a present and future encompassing revolutionary commitments to justice and freedom. Dealing with histories of colonialism, slavery, genocide, civil war, and gender and class inequities, essays examine literature and arts of Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe broad range of contemporary writers and artists considered include fabric artist Ellen Bell; poets Selena Tusitala Marsh and Antje Krog; Syrian artists of the civil war and Sana Yazigi's creative memory web site about the war; street artist Bahia Shehab; theatre installation artist William Kentridge; and the recycles of Virginia Woolf by multi-media artist Kabe Wilson, novelist W. G. Sebald, and the contemporary trans movement.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50976547569887,"sku":"9781350160231","price":84.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/gzKxe5sjg09781350160231.webp?v=1786083361","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/contemporary-revolutions-turning-back-to-the-future-in-21st-century-literature-and-art-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}