{"product_id":"belonging-to-place-e-gale-greenlee-9781985905573","title":"Belonging to Place: The Creative Community and Artistic Legacy of Bell Hooks","description":"\u003cp\u003eWriter, activist, and cultural critic bell hooks cultivated a sense of belonging in Appalachia through her writing, creative community, and spiritual connection. hooks intentionally and subversively situated the bell hooks Institute in Berea, Kentucky, to bridge theory and practice, promote critical conversations, and encourage people to visit the place where she herself experienced belonging. Here, she established a gallery to house her collection of contemporary Black art, increasing access to the arts and liberatory possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by hooks's scholarship on feminism, pedagogy, and visual politics, editors Greenlee and caldwell have expanded upon her work related to art and placemaking. \u003ci\u003ebelonging to place \u003c\/i\u003eis a curated project that uplifts Appalachian art. This assemblage includes select images and an annotated catalog of bell hooks's art collection--including work by Emma Amos, Lorna Simpson, and Elizabeth Catlett, among others, as well as rarely seen artworks created by hooks herself. The work of sixteen additional contributing artists form a visual language that explores belonging and hooks's influence. This visual archive extends hooks's legacy and gives testament to her significance as an Appalachian artist and curator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA much-needed documentation of contemporary Black and Appalachian art, especially by women and nonbinary individuals, \u003ci\u003ebelonging to place\u003c\/i\u003e calls readers to nourish their community, connection to place, and their creative practice to foster change in their own corners of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. Gale Greenlee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1985905574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781985905573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.79d","brand":"E. Gale Greenlee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49002106749183,"sku":"9781985905573","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/belonging-to-place-e-gale-greenlee-9781985905573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}