Whose story is this?: old conflicts, new chapters

By:

Solnit, Rebecca

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Granta 2019 LondonDescription: 182 p. Includes bibliographical referencesISBN:

9781783785438

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DDC classification:

814.6 S6W4

Summary: Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle over that foundational power. Women, people of colour and non-straight people are telling other versions, and white men in particular are fighting to preserve their own centrality. In this outstanding collection of essays by one of the most prescient and insightful commentators today, Solnit appraises the voices that are emerging, why they matter and the obstacles they face in making themselves heard. https://granta.com/products/whose-story-is-this/

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ahmedabad General Stacks	Non-fiction	814.6 S6W4 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		201433

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Table of Contents

THE SHOUTERS AND THE SILENCED
Whose Story (and Country) Is This?
Nobody Knows
They Think They Can Bully the Truth
Unconscious Bias Is Running for President
Voter Suppression Begins at Home
Lies Become Laws
The Fall of Men Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Dear Christine Blasey Ford: You Are a Welcome Earthquake
Let This Flood of Women's Stories Never Cease
The Problem with Sex Is Capitalism
On Women's Work and the Myth of the Art Monster
All the Rage
If I Were a Man
OPENINGS
Crossing Over
City of Women
A Hero Is a Disaster
Long Distance
Monumental Change and the Power of Names
Letter to the March 15, 2019, Climate Strikers.

Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle over that foundational power. Women, people of colour and non-straight people are telling other versions, and white men in particular are fighting to preserve their own centrality. In this outstanding collection of essays by one of the most prescient and insightful commentators today, Solnit appraises the voices that are emerging, why they matter and the obstacles they face in making themselves heard.

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