{"product_id":"unexplained-presence-paperback","title":"Unexplained Presence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***Now with a new afterword by MARGO JEFFERSON***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Tisa Bryant's \u003cem\u003eUnexplained Presence\u003c\/em\u003e, readers are spectators of mis-en-scènes in which black subjectivity has been distorted and denied within various visual narratives.\u003c\/strong\u003e Moving from cultural analysis to cinematic (re)creation, Bryant's prose traverses like a tracking shot through John Schlesinger's \u003cem\u003eDarling\u003c\/em\u003e, Patricia Rozema's \u003cem\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/em\u003e and Virginia Woolf's \u003cem\u003eOrlando\u003c\/em\u003e, giving voice to characters whom have otherwise been structurally silenced. As Pulitzer-prize winning author Margo Jefferson aptly points out in her afterword, Tisa Bryant doesn't merely write \u003cem\u003eabout\u003c\/em\u003e film; she is an \"auteur,\" a \"cultural anthropologist,\" and a \"virtuosic critic-artist.\" Since its original publication with Leon Works in 2007, \u003cem\u003e Unexplained Presence\u003c\/em\u003e has been foundational among poets, scholars, and film critics and with this publication, Tisa Bryant's legacy as one of the most innovative voices in contemporary literature is preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376721920223,"sku":"9798891060050","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/yXaurTgFE99798891060050.webp?v=1789221784","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/unexplained-presence-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}