Cuttin' the Rug Under the Moonlit Sky: Stories and Drawings About a Bunch of Women Named Mae - Rilegato

Green, Sharony Andrews

 
9780385488402: Cuttin' the Rug Under the Moonlit Sky: Stories and Drawings About a Bunch of Women Named Mae
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ISBN 10: 0385488408 ISBN 13: 9780385488402
Casa editrice: Anchor Books, 1997

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In a mixture of drawings and short stories, the author celebrates the spirit, strength, and kinship of the African American women who have affected her life

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tin' the Rug Under the Moonlit Sky</i> author and artist Sharony Andrews Green portrays and pays tribute the women in her life-mamas, grandmas, godmamas, sistergirls, girlfriends, kinfolk and kinspirit, some real, some imagined. Comprised of a series of 42 four-color illustrated portraits of many different women all of whom have "Mae" in their names, and accompanying text capturing their idiosyncratic voices, experiences and perspectives on life, Cuttin' the Rug is a lively, revealing and often surprising look at the diversity of black women's lives.<br><br>Reading <i>Cuttin' the Rug</i> is "like sittin' on your grandma's porchstep getting the latest gossip about a sister who had a certain dream, disposition or passion." The author developed a special fondness for the name Mae due to its presence in her upbringing and family tree, and the lives of the Maes she portrays span from the turn of the century to the present day. From the fearless Miss Lucy Mae who is headed

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Editore
Anchor Books
Data di pubblicazione
1997
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0385488408
ISBN 13 
9780385488402
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
112
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