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S'està carregant… The Good Immigrant USA: 26 Writers Reflect on America (2019)de Nikesh Shukla (Editor), Chimene Suleyman (Editor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. I was thrilled to find a book with these talented people writing about the immigrant experience. I was already fans of so many of the writers in this book, but this book only increased that. I imagine some of these pieces required huge strength to put out into the world. Some of these essays are like little pieces now lodged in my heart... and that is coming from a girl whose distant relatives have been in this country for quite a while. I like to think I'm very open minded but some of the bits in this book were eyeopening. But everyone should read about immigrant experiences -- whether you're an immigrant or not. I do appreciate reading about the experiences of these amazing writers. These essays are real, risky, raw, required and necessary. ( ) The Good Immigrant is a collection of twenty-six essays by first and second-generation immigrants about what it is like living and producing their art in a country torn apart by racism and xenophobia. It is a collection of essays by people whose lives are directly affected by Donald Trump’s racism, white nationalism, and hate-inspired policies. What does it feel like to tour the U.S. in a band when you’re all Muslim? What does it feel like to always be the “other”? That are only the surface questions that come up while reading The Good Immigrant. But this collection is not so obvious as that. There are stories such as “Sidra” by Rahawa Haile of the heartbreaking family fractures that can happen. Families fall apart and fathers disappear in immigrant and non-immigrant families, but the questions of why can be very different. I loved Teju Cole’s essay, “The Blackness of the Panther” which takes a contrarian view of the famed film. Chimene Suleyman’s “On Being Kim Kardashian” was thought-provoking, a consideration of the ambiguity of some immigrant identities. Yann Mounir Demange’s “The Long Answer” considers a different kind of ambiguity. Some essays are very direct, like a memoir. Others are more oblique, written from an angle that demands we think more deeply in order to understand. Some are written simply and others are more complex, but while the approach varies, the theme of being a step outside the main remains constant. In 2016, a similar collection of the same name was released as an effort to amplify diverse voices. But then Brexit happened, and the idea of “The Good Immigrant” became an urgent counter-argument to the xenophobic narratives of bad immigrants and white nationalism and isolationism. The toxic strains that led to the U.K.’s disastrous Brexit vote are spreading worldwide and helped elect Donald Trump. It is a gift to us, that Nikesh Shukla recruited Chimene Suleyman, a contributor to the 2016 book who now lives in the U.S. to join him in producing this 2019 collection of immigrants to the U.S. I received a copy of The Good Immigrant from the publisher through NetGalley. The Good Immigrant at Little, Brown and Company Nikesh Shukla author site Chimene Suleyman author site https://tonstantweaderreviews.wordpress.com/2019/04/07/97803165242921/ Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Presents essays by first- and second-generation immigrant writers on the realities of immigration, multiculturalism, and marginalization in an increasingly divided America. From Trump's proposed border wall and travel ban to the marching of White Supremacists in Charlottesville, America is consumed by tensions over immigration and the question of which bodies are welcome. In this much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling UK edition, hailed by Zadie Smith as "lively and vital," editors Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman hand the microphone to an incredible range of writers whose humanity and right to be here is under attack. Chigozie Obioma unpacks an Igbo proverb that helped him navigate his journey to America from Nigeria. Jenny Zhang analyzes cultural appropriation in 90s fashion, recalling her own pain and confusion as a teenager trying to fit in. Fatimah Asghar describes the flood of memory and emotion triggered by an encounter with an Uber driver from Kashmir. Alexander Chee writes of a visit to Korea that changed his relationship to his heritage. These writers, and the many others in this singular collection, share powerful personal stories of living between cultures and languages while struggling to figure out who they are and where they belong. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, troubling and uplifting, the essays in The Good Immigrant come together to create a provocative, conversation-sparking, multivocal portrait of America now. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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