Shame on me : an anatomy of race and belonging
McWatt, Tessa2021
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'What are you?' Tessa McWatt knows first-hand that the answer to this question, often asked of people of colour by white people, is always more complicated than it seems. Is the answer English, Scottish, British, Caribbean, Portuguese, Indian, Amerindian, French, African, Chinese, Canadian? Like most families, hers is steeped in myth and the anecdotes of grandparents and parents who view their histories through the lens of desire, aspiration, loss, and shame. In 'Shame On Me' she unspools all the interwoven strands of her inheritance, and knits them back together using additional fibres from literature and history to strengthen the weave of her refabricated tale. She dismantles her own body and examines it piece by piece to build a devastating and incisively subtle analysis of the race debate as it now stands, in this stunningly written exploration of who and what we truly are.
Main title:
Shame on me : an anatomy of race and belonging / Tessa McWatt.
Author:
McWatt, Tessa, author
Imprint:
London : Scribe UK, 2021.
Collation:
272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781913348229 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PR9199.3.M42484
Language:
English
Subject:
McWatt, TessaMcWatt, Tessa -- FamilyAuthors, Canadian -- 21st century -- BiographyWomen authors, Canadian -- 21st century -- BiographyAuthors, Guyanese -- 21st century -- BiographyWomen authors, Guyanese -- 21st century -- BiographyRacially mixed people -- Canada -- BiographyRacially mixed people -- Race identityBiographyBiography
BRN:
2826546