{"product_id":"aint-no-grave-gonna-hold-my-body-down-stacy-kranitz","title":"AIN'T NO GRAVE GONNA HOLD MY BODY DOWN - STACY KRANITZ","description":"\u003cp\u003eAin’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down traces the complex social history of Appalachia while questioning the role photography has played in shaping how the region and its people have been seen across generations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Appalachian region of the United States has historically been subjected to numerous political, religious and media interventions that have perpetuated a negative image. Through historical archives and contemporary images, Kranitz examines the evolving representation of Appalachia, from narratives of poverty and cultural deficiency to the lasting consequences of industrial extraction. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of the book is Pat Greene, whom Kranitz met in 2013 and whose life became a recurring thread through the work, connecting an intimate personal story to broader histories from the region, including the voices of Harry Caudill and JD Vance, two influential figures whose accounts of Appalachia have placed responsibility for the region’s deprivation on its own people, drawing on narratives of cultural and, at times, biological deficiency that echo a longer eugenicist history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing together seventeen years of photographs, archival research and literary texts, the book considers the camera as witness, propaganda, instrument of power and, at times, a means of redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e210 x 275mm, 260 pp. 77 color photographs, 92 black and white archival and press photographs, and 40 black and white and color documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes a supplementary booklet with texts by Matthew Algeo, Stacy Kranitz, Andrew Malan Milward, Mesha Maren and Whitney Phillips. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted offset litho on coated and uncoated FSC-certified paper, ottabind softback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished and distributed by Terrible Baby and Editions Images Vevey\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dale Zine Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67776917307635,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0266\/3415\/8142\/files\/StacyKranitzBookDaleZineShop.jpg?v=1792261712","url":"https:\/\/dalezineshop.com\/products\/aint-no-grave-gonna-hold-my-body-down-stacy-kranitz","provider":"Dale Zine Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}