{"product_id":"heartbreak-and-other-geographies-collected-writings-of-katherine-mckittrick-paperback","title":"Heartbreak and Other Geographies: Collected Writings of Katherine McKittrick - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine McKittrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrittany Meché\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCamilla Hawthorne\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA uniquely structured collection of essays from one of today's most esteemed scholars of black studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thoughtfully curated selection of texts by preeminent black feminist scholar Katherine McKittrick, \u003ci\u003eHeartbreak and Other Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the remarkable depth of inquiry she has generated over twenty years. Edited by Brittany Meché and Camilla Hawthorne, this collection highlights McKittrick's enduring commitment to ideas around radical placemaking and the creative articulations of and within the black diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcKittrick's work is marked by a recurring engagement with anticolonialism, practices of liberation, and radical methodologies of black cultural production. Through discussions of figures such as Toni Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Édouard Glissant, Paul Gilroy, Nina Simone, and Sylvia Wynter, the writing in \u003ci\u003eHeartbreak and Other Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e spans the author's investigations into scientific method, liberal modernity, the cycles that perpetuate racial violence, and the poetics and sonics of black livingness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together recent texts, influential pieces, and lesser-known essays, the unconventional format of \u003ci\u003eHeartbreak and Other Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e includes an introductory conversation with McKittrick as well as a series of creative interludes from the editors throughout the book. Innovative in both form and content, this wide-ranging volume invites us to rethink the boundaries between disciplines and the ways that scholarship can embody a more collaborative form of worldmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and\/or extended descriptions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine McKittrick is professor of gender studies and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies at Queen's University. She is author of \u003ci\u003eDemonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e (Minnesota, 2006 and 2026) and \u003ci\u003eDear Science and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; editor of \u003ci\u003eSylvia Wynter: On Being Human as Praxis\u003c\/i\u003e; and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBlack Geographies and the Politics of Place\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrittany Meché is assistant professor of environmental studies at Williams College. Her writing has been published in many journals, including \u003ci\u003ePolitical Geography, Society and Space, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAntipode\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCamilla Hawthorne is associate professor of sociology at University of California Santa Cruz. She is author of \u003ci\u003eContesting Race and Citizenship: Youth Politics in the Black Mediterranean\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Mediterranean: Bodies, Borders, and Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Black Geographic: Praxis, Resistance, Futurity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53249932951859,"sku":"9781517917067","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/u2rC68zp3U9781517917067.webp?v=1776334600","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/heartbreak-and-other-geographies-collected-writings-of-katherine-mckittrick-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}