Amani Willett, A Parallel Road

A Parallel Road

Amani Willett

Publisher
Overlapse
Year
2021
ISBN
978-1-9994468-7-1
Specifications
SECOND EDITION HARDCOVER
12.5 x 17 cm portrait (Approx 5x7in)
120 pages
Section-sewn binding with printed paper hardcover and cloth-covered spine (foiled)
92 photographs, archival images and digital screenshots
(Second edition includes 7 new images and 8 further pages)

This multi-layered work explores the Black experience of driving in America over the past 85 years. By picturing how it has too often been marked by fear, violence and death, A Parallel Road challenges representations of the American ideal of the road trip that have long dominated our view through artistic and literary media. Referencing the historical Negro Motorist Green Book , and layering archival and new images, it examines the question of how long the road will continue to be a site of violence and oppression for Black people in American society.

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