| How to Be Normal: Essays Contributor(s): Christman, Phil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1953368107 ISBN-13: 9781953368102 Publisher: Belt Publishing OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Literary Collections | Essays - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 814.6 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.2" W x 7.1" (0.70 lbs) 231 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A collection of essays by the author of the critically acclaimed Midwest Futures. Building on themes explored in his first book--specifically the notion of normality, or banality, or just plain averageness as it relates to Midwesternness and other modes of identity--Phil Christman here writes from the intersection of his own various identities: Democratic Socialist, antiracist, prison abolitionist, former fundamentalist, striving feminist. Essays covers such questions as How to Be a Man, How to Be a Creature, How to Be Gen X, and How to Be a Neoliberal Subject (on Richard Nixon); all are united by Christman's radical openness to inquiry. In the hands of this probing, witty writer, even the most seemingly normal subjects blossom into explorations laced with curiosity and delight. A book that speaks to lovers of writing that engages with big ideas an small, whether they be normal or not. |
