The Weight of Whiteness A Memoir in Poetry Caroline Giles Banks 9780964525429 Books
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Before the United States Supreme Court overturned states' laws against miscegenation as unconstitutional in 1967, Caroline Giles Banks, a white woman, defied laws and mores of her native Texas and married a man of African descent. "The Weight of Whiteness" is a memoir, in poetry form, of the author's girlhood, courtship and interracial marriage during the heyday of the civil rights era in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Responses to her marriage include awe, disappointment and rejection. Daily family activities such as going to the beauty shop, park, church, and playground elicit curiosity, compassion, racist epithets, and death threats. Interspersed throughout the book are poems written by the author in response to select paintings and sculpture by visual artists in different cultures and periods. These ekphrastic poems serve to place the experience of the author within broader contexts of loss, struggle and hope. Dr. Banks, a cultural anthropologist as well as a published poet, brings the insights and sensitivity of her professional training to her poetic memoir.
The Weight of Whiteness A Memoir in Poetry Caroline Giles Banks 9780964525429 Books
This is an account of a "mixed marriage" at the time when they were still against the law in many states. Ms. Banks tells, through her verses the many difficult times they encountered as a white woman and black man.Product details
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The Weight of Whiteness A Memoir in Poetry Caroline Giles Banks 9780964525429 Books Reviews
Insightful, sad, telling, rich stories told in poetry of a relationship between people of different races. Dare I say that there is humor in this volume too? For those who are poetry fans and those just interested in relationships in the US in the 20th century and beyond. I would highly recommend this book for open minded people.
These poems lay bare a harrowing journey filled with questions and heart ache. I can only say that I can only read one each day for one poem fills my day with reverberations and musings on the past and present, on the individual and society, on the price of individuality and the pain of loving whom you choose to love.
This is an account of a "mixed marriage" at the time when they were still against the law in many states. Ms. Banks tells, through her verses the many difficult times they encountered as a white woman and black man.
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