Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xiv, 797 pages ; 24 cm |
Summary |
To come to terms with who she is and what she wants, Ailey, the daughter of an accomplished doctor and a strict schoolteacher, embarks on a journey through her family's past, helping her embrace her full heritage, which is the story of the Black experience in itself. |
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The great scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about what he called "Double Consciousness," a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. From an early age, Ailey fights a battle for belonging that's made all the more difficult by a hovering trauma. To come to terms with her own identity, Ailey embarks on a journey through her family's past. In doing so Ailey must learn to embrace her full heritage, a legacy of oppression and resistance, bondage and independence, cruelty and resilience that is the story - and the song - of America itself. Print run 75,000. |
Subject |
African American women -- Fiction.
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African American families -- Georgia -- Fiction.
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African American families -- Georgia -- History -- Fiction.
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Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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African Americans -- Race identity -- Fiction.
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Cultural property.
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Indexed Term |
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) |
ISBN |
9780062942937 (hardcover) |
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006294293X (hardcover) |
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