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Christina Sharpe

Beauty Is a Method

Beauty Is a Method

An essay by Christina Sharpe exploring how her mother cultivated taste and beauty amidst poverty and violence, published in e-flux Journal.

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    “Professor Christina Sharpe’s essay on how her mother shaped her by cultivating her taste and experience even as they lived in poverty and violence. See also her book Ordinary Notes and a NY Times profile by J Wortham.”

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