(PDF) The End of Chiraq: A Literary Mixtape By Javon Johnson

The End of Chiraq: A Literary Mixtape

By : Javon Johnson

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Book Synopsis :

The End of Chiraq: A Literary Mixtape is a collection of poems, rap lyrics, short stories, essays, interviews, and artwork about Chicago, the city that came to be known as "Chiraq" ("Chicago" + "Iraq"), and the people who live in its vibrant and occasionally violent neighborhoods. Tuned to the work of Chicago?s youth, especially the emerging artists and activists surrounding Young Chicago Authors, this literary mixtape unpacks the meanings of ?Chiraq? as both a vexed term and a space of possibility. "Chiraq"?has come to connote the violence?interpersonal and structural?that many Chicago youth regularly experience. But the contributors to The End of Chiraq show that Chicago is much more than Chiraq. Instead, they demonstrate how young people are thinking and mobilizing, engaged in a process of creating a new and safer world for themselves, their communities, and their city. In true mixtape fashion, the book is an exercise in "low end theory"?that does not just include so-called

Book Detail :

Author : Javon Johnson

Pages : 192 pages

Publisher : Northwestern University Press

Language :

ISBN-10 : 0810137186

ISBN-13 : 9780810137189

 

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