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Rude Girl
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- Book Synopsis
- At a conference, the graphic novelist Birgit Weyhe is accused of cultural appropriation. Is she exploiting her privileges as a white writer when she tells stories about Black people?She tries a new approach with Priscilla Layne, an African American professor of German studies with Caribbean roots. Growing up, Priscilla is labelled an 'Oreo': too white for her Black classmates, too Black for the white kids. By joining the skinhead movement and becoming a rude girl, she discovers a community where she feels valued. Music, clothes, hair, food, class, race, gender, education - her life and identity are a complex composite.
- About The Author
- Birgit Weyhe was born in Munich in 1969. After a childhood in Uganda and Kenya she studied literature and history in Konstanz and Hamburg. Going on to study illustration, she now works as an illustrator and comic artist in Hamburg. Her graphic novels have been nominated for awards in Germany, France and Japan. Priscilla Layne was born in Evanston, IL in 1981 and grew up in Chicago. She received her PhD in German from the University of California at Berkeley, and is now Professor of German and Adjunct Associate Professor of African Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9783863914028
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- V&Q Books, (29 April 2024)
- Weight
- 918 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 240 x 238 x 29 mm
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