LEADER 05457cam 2200865 i 4500001 on1252763617 003 OCoLC 005 20220726155434.0 008 210710s2022 nyua e b 000 0aeng 010 2021029571 019 1290494271129859592713019180971309071263 020 9781524748173 020 152474817X |qhardcover 020 |z9781524748180 |qelectronic book 035 (Sirsi) o1252763617 035 (OCoLC)1252763617 |z(OCoLC)1290494271 |z(OCoLC)1298595927 |z(OCoLC)1301918097 |z(OCoLC)1309071263 040 LBSOR/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dTOH |dOCLCO |dLJW |dRNL |dUAP |dYU6 |dIUK |dCGB |dVP@ |dOCLCO |dZ#6 |dOCLCO |dYDX |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 E185.97.J44 |bA3 2022 082 00 305.896/073 |223 100 1 Jefferson, Margo, |d1947- |eauthor. |=^A700384 245 10 Constructing a nervous system : |ba memoir / |cMargo Jefferson. 250 First edition. 264 1 New York : |bPantheon Books, |c[2022] 300 197 pages : |billustration ; |c20 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195). 520 "Stunning for her daring originality, the author of Negroland gives us what she calls "a temperamental autobiography," comprised of visceral, intimate fragments that fuse criticism and memoir. Margo Jefferson constructs a nervous system with pieces of different lengths and tone, conjoining arts writing (poem, song, performance) with life writing (history, psychology). The book's structure is determined by signal moments of her life, those that trouble her as well as those that thrill and restore. In this nervous system: The sounds of a black spinning disc of a 1950's jazz LP as intimate and instructive as a parent's voice. The muscles and movements of a ballerina, spliced with those of an Olympic runner: template for what a female body could be. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Topsy finds her way into the art of Kara Walker and the songs of C̐uecile McLorin Salvant. Bing Crosby and Ike Turner become alter egos. W.E.B. DuBois and George Eliot meet illicitly, as he appropriates lines from her story "The Hidden Veil" to write his famous "behind the veil" passages in The Souls of Black Folk. The words of multiple others (writers, singers, film characters, friends, family) act as prompts and as dialogue. The fragments of this brilliant book, while not neglecting family, race, and class, are informed by a kind of aesthetic drive: longing, ecstasy, or even acute ambivalence. Constructing a nervous system is Jefferson's relentlessly galvanizing mis en scene for unconventional storytelling as well as a platform for unexpected dramatis personae"-- |cProvided by publisher. 600 10 Jefferson, Margo, |d1947- |=^A700384 600 17 Jefferson, Margo, |d1947- |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01620905 |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 0 African American women |vBiography. |=^A989520 650 0 African American women critics |vBiography. |=^A1439625 650 0 African Americans |xRace identity. |=^A5190 650 0 African Americans |xIntellectual life. |=^A16273 650 0 African Americans |xSocial life and customs. |=^A340542 651 0 United States |xRace relations |xHistory |vAnecdotes. |=^A105048 651 0 United States |xSocial life and customs |vAnecdotes. |=^A8658 650 7 HISTORY / United States / General. |2bisacsh 650 7 African American women. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00799438 650 7 African American women critics. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00799488 650 7 African Americans |xIntellectual life. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00799627 650 7 African Americans |xRace identity. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00799666 650 7 African Americans |xSocial life and customs. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00799703 650 7 Manners and customs. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01007815 650 7 Race relations. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01086509 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 7 African American women |vBiography. |2sears 650 7 African Americans |xRace identity. |2sears 650 7 African Americans |xIntellectual life. |2sears 650 7 African Americans |xSocial life and customs. |2sears 651 7 United States |xRace relations |vAnecdotes. |2sears |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 United States |xSocial life and customs |vAnecdotes. |2sears |?UNAUTHORIZED 655 7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Anecdotes. |2lcgft 655 7 Autobiographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 Anecdotes. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423876 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Autobiographies. |2rvmgf 655 7 Anecdotes. |2rvmgf 655 7 Biographies. |2rvmgf 655 2 Autobiography. |?UNAUTHORIZED 655 2 Anecdotes. |?UNAUTHORIZED 655 2 Biography. |?UNAUTHORIZED 776 08 |iOnline version:Jefferson, Margo, 1947- |tConstructing a nervous system |bFirst edition. |dNew York : Pantheon Books, [2022] |z9781524748180 |w(DLC) 2021029572 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s27.00 |uJHIS |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 5822128