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Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White de Lila Quintero Weaver

Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White

Autor Lila Quintero Weaver
en Limba Engleză Paperback – mar 2012
A Latina girl’s journey through the shadows of the civil rights era.
Darkroom is a deeply moving graphic memoir that chronicles Lila Quintero Weaver’s experience growing up as an Argentine immigrant in 1960s Alabama during the height of the civil rights movement. Through striking black-and-white illustrations and heartfelt narrative, Weaver explores the complexities of race, identity, and belonging in a society divided by segregation. Neither Black nor White, her family occupies a unique position that offers a powerful lens on the struggles for justice and equality. This coming-of-age story blends personal history with pivotal social change, inviting readers to reflect on themes of immigration, cultural assimilation, and moral courage. Darkroom is both an intimate portrait and a universal tale of resilience, making it an essential read for those interested in civil rights, memoirs, and graphic storytelling.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780817357146
ISBN-10: 0817357149
Pagini: 264
Ilustrații: 246 B&W illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția University Alabama Press

Notă biografică

Lila Quintero Weaver received her BA from New College at The University of Alabama. She and her husband,Paul, live in Northport, Alabama. Darkroom is her first book.

Cuprins

Contents
Author's Note
Prologue: Home Movies
Chapter 1: In the Dark
Chapter 2: Passage
Chapter 3: Blending In
Chapter 4: Ginny’s Books
Chapter 5: Ancestral Lines
Chapter 6: An American Education
Chapter 7: Dear Argentina
Chapter 8: Good News, Bad News
Chapter 9: Know Alabama
Chapter 10: School Lessons
Epilogue: Long Night’s Journey into Day
Acknowledgements

Recenzii

“A vivid, insightful, and moving illustrated graphic memoir by Weaver, who emigrated from Argentina to the American South as a young girl in 1961, recounting her impressions of her family’s new and unexpected life in racist, rural Alabama during the civil rights movement. In beautiful gray-shaded drawings, Weaver depicts the reality of the segregated and newly integrated South and her struggle to position herself as an ally to her black classmates, only to find that it’s a path fraught with pitfalls from both sides of the divide.”
—Publishers Weekly

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4“Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White is remarkable for its truth-telling about two important issues concerning Alabama’s past and present: the civil rights movement and immigration. These stories, rendered through the words and eyes of a young Latina girl who came from Argentina to Marion, Alabama, are made vivid and immediate through Weaver’s highly accessible drawings and dialogue. This is a book—about maturation, family, education, and social change—every schoolchild, parent, and citizen should experience.”
—Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab’s Wife, Four Spirits, and Adam Eve

“A truly incredible look at the civil rights movement. Darkroom offers a double view of that movement. A gem.”
—Nikki Giovanni, author of Gemini and On My Journey Now

Descriere

Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White is a powerful graphic memoir that transports readers to civil rights-era Alabama through the eyes of a young Argentine immigrant. With evocative illustrations and candid storytelling, Lila Quintero Weaver explores themes of race, identity, and belonging as she navigates life in the Jim Crow South—neither Black nor White, yet deeply affected by the struggle for justice. This poignant coming-of-age story offers a unique lens on one of America’s most turbulent periods, blending personal history with social change in a way that is both intimate and universal.