The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere.
- Format: Hardcover
- Språk: Engelsk
- Sjangere: Biografi, Dokumentar og Fakta
- Slippdato: 4. aug. 2022
- Forlag: Mariner Books
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A formative coming-of-age graphic memoir by the creator of Afro-punk: a young man's immersive reckoning with identity, racism, clumsy teen love and belonging in an isolated California desert, and a search for salvation and community through punk.
Apple Valley, California, in the late eighties, a thirsty, miserable desert.
Teenage James Spooner hates that he and his mom are back in town after years away. The one silver lining-new school, new you, right? But the few Black kids at school seem to be gangbanging, and the other kids fall on a spectrum of micro-aggressors to future Neo-Nazis. Mixed race, acutely aware of his Blackness, James doesn't know where he fits until he meets Ty, a young Black punk who introduces him to the school outsiders-skaters, unhappy young rebels, caught up in the punk groundswell sweeping the country.
A haircut, a few Sex Pistols, Misfits and Black Flag records later: suddenly, James has friends, romantic prospects, and knows the difference between a bass and a guitar. But this desolate landscape hides brutal, building undercurrents: a classmate overdoses, a friend must prove himself to his white supremacist brother and the local Aryan brotherhood through a show of violence. Everything and everyone are set to collide at one of the year's biggest shows in town...
Weaving in the Black roots of punk rock and a vivid interlude in the thriving eighties DIY scene in New York's East Village, this is the memoir of a budding punk, artist, and activist.
SKU | 9780358659112 |
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Vekt (Kg) : | 1.025000 |
Opprinnelsesland : | USA |
Serie | The High Desert |
Forfattere | James Spooner |
Sjanger | Biografi, Dokumentar og Fakta |
Format | Hardcover |
Aldersgruppe | Voksen |
Språk | Engelsk |
Utgiver | Mariner Books |
Antall Sider | 368 |