{"product_id":"9798891060050","title":"Unexplained Presence","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn Tisa Bryant's \u003ci\u003eUnexplained Presence\u003c\/i\u003e, readers are spectators of mis-en-scènes in which black subjectivity has been distorted and denied within various visual narratives. Moving from cultural analysis to cinematic (re)creation, Bryant's prose traverses like a tracking shot through John Schlesinger's \u003ci\u003eDarling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cspan\u003ePatricia Rozema's \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e and Virginia Woolf's \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrlando\u003c\/i\u003e, giving voice to characters whom have otherwise been structurally silenced\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003eAs Pulitzer–prize winning author Margo Jefferson aptly points out in her afterword, Tisa Bryant doesn't merely write \u003ci\u003eabout\u003c\/i\u003e film; she is an \"auteur,\" a \"cultural anthropologist,\" and a \"virtuosic critic-artist.\" Since its original publication with Leon Works in 2007,\u003ci\u003e Unexplained Presence\u003c\/i\u003e has been foundational among poets, scholars, and film critics and with this publication, Tisa Bryant's legacy as one of the most innovative voices in contemporary literature is preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tisa Bryant","offers":[{"title":"Wave Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-09-13","offer_id":45663920292095,"sku":"9798891060050","price":38.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9798891060050_FC.jpg?v=1723735556","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9798891060050","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}