{"id":2112,"date":"2017-08-31T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2017-06-16T13:39:14","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T18:39:14","slug":"evolution-of-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/evolution-of-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme Thursday – Evolution of Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual theme of the 2017-2018 academic year is <\/span>The Evolution of Revolution<\/span><\/i>. A shared intellectual theme encourages classes to come together to explore a nuanced, intersectional concept. The Ames Library is happy to support faculty and students with diverse collections and access to materials from across the globe. Each Thursday, we\u2019ll feature titles from our collection, which can be checked out by anyone from IWU. Think there\u2019s something we should have, but don\u2019t? Let <\/span>your librarian<\/span><\/a> know and we\u2019ll work with you to make our collection as representative as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the full description of the IWU annual theme <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our first featured book was read by all incoming first year, <\/span>Between the World and Me<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Ta-Nehisi Coates.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>From Amazon<\/a>: In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation\u2019s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of \u201crace,\u201d a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men\u2014bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?<\/span><\/p>\n

Between the World and Me <\/span><\/i>is Ta-Nehisi Coates\u2019s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son\u2014and readers\u2014the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children\u2019s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, <\/span>Between the World and Me <\/span><\/i>clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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