Skin Between Us: A Memoir of Race, Beauty, And Belonging - Rilegato

Ragusa, Kym

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0393058905 ISBN 13: 9780393058901

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2006

Riassunto

A daughter of an intelligent African-American West Harlem mother and working-class Italian East Harlem father describes the racial divisions that challenged her parents' marriage, the inspiration she received from her powerful grandmothers, and the shared love that enabled her parents' families to overcome their prejudices.

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A memoir of astonishing delicacy and strength about race and physical beauty. Kym Ragusa's stunningly beautiful, brilliant black mother constantly turned heads as she strolled the streets of West Harlem. Ragusa's working-class white father, who grew up only a few streets (and an entire world) away in Italian East Harlem, had never seen anyone like her. At home their families despaired at the match, while in the streets the couple faced taunting threats from a city still racially divided--but they were mesmerized by the differences between them. From their volatile, short-lived pairing came a sensitive child with a filmmaker's observant eye. Her two powerful grandmothers gave her the love and stability to grow into her own skin. Eventually, their shared care for their granddaughter forced them to overcome their prejudices. Rent parties and religious feste, baked yams and baked ziti--Ragusa's sensuous memories are a reader's delight, as they bring to life the joy, pain, and inexhaustible richness of a racially and culturally mixed heritage.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0393058905
• ISBN 13: 9780393058901
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 238
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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