the déjà vu: black dreams & black time

the déjà vu: black dreams & black time
ISBN-10
1566896312
ISBN-13
9781566896313
Category
Social Science
Language
English
Published
2022-02-22
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Author
Gabrielle Civil

Description

Gabrielle Civil mines black dreams and black time to reveal a vibrant archive of black feminist creative expressions. Emerging from the intersection of pandemic and uprising, the déjà vu activates forms both new and ancestral, drawing movement, speech, and lyric essay into performance memoir. As Civil considers Haitian tourist paintings, dance rituals, race at the movies, black feminist legacies, and more, she reflects on her personal losses and desires, speculates on black time, and dreams into expansive black life. With intimacy, humor, and verve, the déjà vu blurs boundaries between memory, grief, and love; then, now, and the future.

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