{"product_id":"stranger-in-the-village-le-racisme-au-miroir-de-james-baldwin-9783039421824","title":"Stranger in the Village: Le Racisme Au Miroir de James Baldwin","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Céline Eidenbenz | Sarah Mühlebach\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Scheidegger and Spiess\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Scheidegger and Spiess\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - European - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA French-language edition that uses James Baldwin's pivotal essay as a starting point for artistic analysis of racism in Switzerland.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James Baldwin (1924-87) penned his famous essay \"Stranger in the Village\" in the early 1950s during a stay in the Swiss Alpine village of Loèches-les-Bains. Decades later, it is the starting point for an examination of racism in Switzerland, particularly in the art and culture industries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStranger in the Village \u003c\/i\u003efeatures works by international contemporary artists--including Igshaan Adams, Kader Attia, Omar Ba, James Bantone, Marlene Dumas, Melanie Grauer, Jonathan Horowitz, Sasha Huber, Pierre Koralnik, Glenn Ligon, Martine Syms, and others--that react to Baldwin's literary-political treatise. Essays contributed by distinguished authors supplement the artistic debate and highlight the consequences of the prevailing structural racism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This multilingual, French-German book is an invitation to break taboos. It holds a mirror up to us, raising questions that concern us all, and reveals the topicality of everyday racism to every one of us through the artwork it presents. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scheidegger and Spiess","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47888287105175,"sku":"9783039421824","price":4049.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783039421824.webp?v=1781164900","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/stranger-in-the-village-le-racisme-au-miroir-de-james-baldwin-9783039421824","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}