Título: Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America
Autor: Matika Wilbur
Sinopse: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A photographic and narrative celebration of contemporary Native American life and cultures, alongside an in-depth examination of issues that Native people face, by celebrated photographer and storyteller Matika Wilbur of the Swinomish and Tulalip Tribes.
“This book is too important to miss. It is a vast, sprawling look at who we are as Indigenous people in these United States.”—Tommy Orange (Cheyenne and Arapaho), author of There There
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal
In 2012, Matika Wilbur sold everything in her Seattle apartment and set out on a Kickstarter-funded pursuit to visit, engage, and photograph people from what were then the 562 federally recognized Native American Tribal Nations. Over the next decade, she traveled six hundred thousand miles across fifty states—from Seminole country (now known as the Everglades) to Inuit territory (now known as the Bering Sea)—to meet, interview, and photograph hundreds of Indigenous people. The body of work Wilbur created serves to counteract the one-dimensional and archaic stereotypes of Native people in mainstream media and offers justice to the richness, diversity, and lived experiences of Indian Country.
The culmination of this decade-long art and storytelling endeavor, Project 562 is a peerless, sweeping, and moving love letter to Indigenous Americans, containing hundreds of stunning portraits and compelling personal narratives of contemporary Native people—all photographed in clothing, poses, and locations of their choosing. Their narratives touch on personal and cultural identity as well as issues of media representation, sovereignty, faith, family, the protection of sacred sites, subsistence living, traditional knowledge-keeping, land stewardship, language preservation, advocacy, education, the arts, and more.
A vital contribution from an incomparable artist, Project 562 inspires, educates, and truly changes the way we see Native America.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America”, de Matika Wilbur, publicado pela editora Ten Speed Press, em 2023 e com 416 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Ten Speed Press
Páginas: 416
Ano: 2023-04-25
Edição: First Edition
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1984859528
ISBN13: 9781984859525
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Ten Speed Press oferecem uma experiência de leitura que combina informação prática com narrativas envolventes, frequentemente explorando temas como culinária, bem-estar, criatividade e cultura pop. O catálogo traz obras que vão desde guias de longevidade e manuais de treinamento de cães até coleções ilustradas de fantasia e histórias visuais de comunidades diversas. A linguagem costuma ser acessível, com um tom que varia entre o didático e o descontraído, muitas vezes com humor sutil, o que torna a leitura leve mesmo em temas densos. A diversidade do catálogo permite transitar entre abordagens mais narrativas e outras mais instrutivas, com foco em oferecer conteúdo que instiga o leitor a aplicar o conhecimento no dia a dia.
