White Girls

Name: White Girls
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780141987293
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By Hilton Als

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White Girls by Hilton Als is a thought-provoking exploration of race, identity, and culture through a series of essays. The author delves into the complexities of societal expectations and personal experiences, intertwining personal memoir with sharp cultural critiques. Als examines both historical and contemporary figures with his unique, introspective lens, offering illuminating insights into the intersections of identity.
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You might enjoy this book if you are captivated by the blend of cultural critique, personal narrative, and insightful exploration of race, identity, and gender. Hilton Als offers an engaging reflection on the lives of others intertwined with his own experiences, making it a poignant read for those interested in both memoir and social commentary.

White Girls

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A landmark work on race, sex, love and selfhood, from one of America's most iconic writers and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism 2017.

'I defy you to read this book and come away with a mind unchanged' - John Jeremiah Sullivan

This is an extraordinary, complex portrait of white girls, an expansive but precise category that encompasses figures more diverse than you might think. With blazing intelligence and insight, Als travels through the last decades of the twentieth century, from Flannery O'Connor's rural South, through Michael Jackson in the Motown years, to Jean Michel Basquiat and the AIDS epidemic in nineties New York, in order to unravel the tangled notions of sexual and racial identity that have led us to where we are today.

White Girls is one of the most provocative and original books about the culture of our time.

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Hilton Als' White Girls is acclaimed for its insightful essays tackling race, class, sexuality, and identity in America. Critics praise Als' fearless and poetic writing, likening him to James Baldwin. The book's mixture of personal reflection and cultural analysis creates a complex and compelling narrative that resonates with readers, promising to challenge and transform perspectives.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141987293

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 March 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 258g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Hilton Als is a Pulitzer prize-winning writer and chief theatre critic at The New Yorker. He has received numerous awards, including the New York Association of Black Journalists' first prize for Magazine/Critique/Review and Magazine Arts and Entertainment, a Guggenheim fellowship for Creative Writing, a George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, and the American Academy's Berlin Prize. He is a Professor at Columbia University's Writing Program, and his work has appeared in The Nation, The Believer, and New York Review of Books. He lives in New York City.

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