{"product_id":"being-cheddo-clem-marshall-9781737559177","title":"Being Cheddo: A Pan-Afrikanist Rastafari-Inspired Melding of the Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eLinguists have long understood that language and lexicon construct our sense of self and place in the world while at the same time reinforcing existing structures of power. Menkowra Clem Marshall explores this understanding for the African world and global hierarchies of power that have always placed Blacks at the bottom. \u003cem\u003eBeing Cheddo\u003c\/em\u003e deconstructs the myriad ways in which the language of the colonizers has \"naturalized\" the dehumanization and subordination of African peoples-masking the unspeakable traumas to which they have been subject through enslavement, colonialism and White supremacy as well as their resistance to these conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Jake Homiak, PhD, Resident Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clem Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 173755917X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737559177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atropos Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.56d","brand":"Clem Marshall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447040913663,"sku":"9781737559177","price":34.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ee4db4a-d319-495f-a37f-a10a31f15bb6.jpg?v=1777228410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/being-cheddo-clem-marshall-9781737559177","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}