Skyeview: A Sistah's View of the World, Paris Chapter
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0615661831
ISBN 13
9780615661834
Category
Travel Writing/Travel Guide
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Publication Year
2016
Pages
76
Description
Skyeview: A Sistah's View of the World, Paris Chapter-A Guidebook and Journal
Pocket guidebook
Paperback 76 pages
Cover 4.75″ x 6.75″
The book is indeed the very first travel guidebook of Paris ever written specifically for Black lesbians and other lesbians of color. But any human being on the planet, in any type of body, can find it useful and meaningful.
The book is a unique travel book, and also a poem, a diary, a journal, a spiritual journey, an action, an event. It transforms the reader into a traveler on a complex and layered journey, as opposed to simply a tourist engaging in tourism. It provokes the reader to move, to enjoy, to become, in the city of Paris.
The book opens the reader to political awareness of the city. We find out about revolts against racism and the politics they implicate. The book stimulates the reader to understand Paris with a sense of social engagement, to get involved and give back, all as part of experiencing the city as a situated person "walking in the world."
In sum, the book offers an abundance of helpful information, counsel and reflections for women of color travelers, but also for everyone with queer, feminist and anti-racism sensibilities. It is as useful for the first-time traveler on a low budget as to the experienced traveler who may already know Paris well.
Copyright ©2012 by Skye Ward. All rights reserved. Published by Skyeview Traveler Publications. Bulk orders of this book are available at a discount; please contact publisher. - from Amzon
Pocket guidebook
Paperback 76 pages
Cover 4.75″ x 6.75″
The book is indeed the very first travel guidebook of Paris ever written specifically for Black lesbians and other lesbians of color. But any human being on the planet, in any type of body, can find it useful and meaningful.
The book is a unique travel book, and also a poem, a diary, a journal, a spiritual journey, an action, an event. It transforms the reader into a traveler on a complex and layered journey, as opposed to simply a tourist engaging in tourism. It provokes the reader to move, to enjoy, to become, in the city of Paris.
The book opens the reader to political awareness of the city. We find out about revolts against racism and the politics they implicate. The book stimulates the reader to understand Paris with a sense of social engagement, to get involved and give back, all as part of experiencing the city as a situated person "walking in the world."
In sum, the book offers an abundance of helpful information, counsel and reflections for women of color travelers, but also for everyone with queer, feminist and anti-racism sensibilities. It is as useful for the first-time traveler on a low budget as to the experienced traveler who may already know Paris well.
Copyright ©2012 by Skye Ward. All rights reserved. Published by Skyeview Traveler Publications. Bulk orders of this book are available at a discount; please contact publisher. - from Amzon
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