{"product_id":"aint-no-grave-gonna-hold-my-body-down-by-stacy-kranitz","title":"AIN'T NO GRAVE GONNA HOLD MY BODY DOWN by Stacy Kranitz (PRE-ORDER)","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"p1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAin’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down (PRE-ORDER)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.stacykranitz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eStacy Kranitz\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTerrible Baby \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable to pre-order - this title is due to ship in October\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e210 x 275mm \u003cbr\u003e260 pages \u003cbr\u003e77 color photographs, 92 black and white archival and press photographs, and 40 black and white and color documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIncludes a supplementary booklet with texts by Matthew Algeo, Stacy Kranitz, Andrew Malan Milward, Mesha Maren and Whitney Phillips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePrinted offset litho on coated and uncoated FSC-certified paper, ottabind softback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAin’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down\u003c\/i\u003e traces the complex social history of Appalachia while questioning the role photography has played in shaping how the region and its people have been seen across generations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Appalachian region of the United States has historically been subjected to numerous political, religious and media interventions that have perpetuated a negative image. Through historical archives and contemporary images, Kranitz examines the evolving representation of Appalachia, from narratives of poverty and cultural deficiency to the lasting consequences of industrial extraction. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAt the centre of the book is Pat Greene, whom Kranitz met in 2013 and whose life became a recurring thread through the work, connecting an intimate personal story to broader histories from the region, including the voices of Harry Caudill and JD Vance, two influential figures whose accounts of Appalachia have placed responsibility for the region’s deprivation on its own people, drawing on narratives of cultural and, at times, biological deficiency that echo a longer eugenicist history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDrawing together seventeen years of photographs, archival research and literary texts, the book considers the camera as witness, propaganda, instrument of power and, at times, a means of redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Terrible Baby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46446532919353,"sku":"1-0177","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9878\/5849\/files\/AintNoGraveStacyKranitzRealm000.jpg?v=1788490022","url":"https:\/\/www.realmbooks.co\/products\/aint-no-grave-gonna-hold-my-body-down-by-stacy-kranitz","provider":"Realm Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}