LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Notion of Family

LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Notion of Family

Now available in a paperback edition, LaToya Ruby Frazierâ€™s award-winning first book, The Notion of Family, offers an incisive exploration of the legacy of racism and economic decline in Americaâ€™s small towns, as embodied by her hometown of Braddock, Pennsylvania.
The work also considers the impact of that decline on the community and on her family, creating a statement both personal and truly politicalâ€”an intervention in the histories and narratives of the region. Frazier has compellingly set her story of three generationsâ€”her Grandma Ruby, her mother, and herselfâ€”against larger questions of civic belonging and responsibility. The work documents her own struggles and interactions with family and the expectations of community, and includes the documentation of the demise of Braddockâ€™s only hospital, reinforcing the idea that the history of a place is frequently written on the body as well as the landscape. With The Notion of Family, Frazier knowingly acknowledges and expands upon the traditions of classic black-and-white documentary photography, enlisting the participation of her family, and her mother in particular. In the creation of these collaborative works, Frazier reinforces the idea of art and image-making as a transformative act, a means of resetting traditional power dynamics and narrativesâ€”both those of her family and of the community at large.
Country USA
Brand Aperture
Manufacturer Aperture
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781597113816
ReleaseDate 2016-10-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781597113816

Country	USA
Brand	Aperture
Manufacturer	Aperture
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781597113816
ReleaseDate	2016-10-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781597113816

LaToya Ruby Frazier: The Notion of Family

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