A Mouth Is Always Muzzled: Six Dissidents, Five Continents, and the Art of Resis

by Six Dissidents

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The Nile on eBay A Mouth Is Always Muzzled by Natalie Hopkinson A meditation in the spirit of John Berges and bell hooks on art as protest, contemplation, and beauty in politically perilous times. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A meditation in the spirit of John Berges and bell hooks on art as protest, contemplation, and beauty in politically perilous times."A deeply felt and passionately expressed manifesto." -Kirkus Reviews (starred) A meditation in the spirit of John Berges and bell hooks on art as protest, contemplation, and beauty in politically perilous times As people consider how to respond to a resurgence of racist, xenophobic populism, A Mouth Is Always Muzzled tells an extraordinary story of the ways art brings hope in perilous times. Weaving disparate topics from sugar and British colonialism to attacks on free speech and activism and traveling a jagged path across the Americas, Africa, India, and Europe, Natalie Hopkinson, former culture writer for the Washington Post and The Root, argues that art is where the future is negotiated. Review Praise for A Mouth Is Always Muzzled: Longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award "[An] illuminating narrative." —Booklist "A smart analysis of art and politics." —Publishers Weekly "This is a singular book, one that is not conventionally academic nor a conventional travel narrative nor a conventional work of arts criticism nor even a conventional piece of journalistic reporta

• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781620971246
• Condition: Fine

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