{"product_id":"southbound-essays-on-identity-inheritance-and-social-change-paperback-1","title":"Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change - 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\u003eAnjali Enjeti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA move at age ten from a Detroit suburb to Chattanooga in 1984 thrusts Anjali Enjeti into what feels like a new world replete with Confederate flags, Bible verses, and whiteness. It is here that she learns how to get her bearings as a mixed-race brown girl in the Deep South and begins to understand how identity can inspire, inform, and shape a commitment to activism. Her own evolution is a bumpy one, and along the way Enjeti, racially targeted as a child, must wrestle with her own complicity in white supremacy and bigotry as an adult. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe twenty essays of her debut collection, \u003ci\u003e Southbound\u003c\/i\u003e, tackle white feminism at a national feminist organization, the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the South, voter suppression, gun violence and the gun sense movement, the whitewashing of southern literature, the 1982 racialized killing of Vincent Chin, social media's role in political accountability, evangelical Christianity's marriage to extremism, and the rise of nationalism worldwide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn our current era of great political strife, this timely collection by Enjeti, a journalist and organizer, paves the way for a path forward, one where identity drives coalition-building and social change.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eANJALI ENJETI is an award-winning essayist who writes about books, politics, and social justice. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAl Jazeera\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e and other venues. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Parted Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, will be released in the spring of 2021. She teaches creative writing in the MFA program at Reinhardt University and lives with her family near Atlanta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 7.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52457753215283,"sku":"9780820360065","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RTZnaS9PeEpRSFZjcEJ4ZTlRTi9UZz09_adde776c-3099-4b2f-8af5-ef5a494a2027.webp?v=1759172256","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/southbound-essays-on-identity-inheritance-and-social-change-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}