Community by Plett Casey (30 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction ? Shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction ? Finalist for the 2024 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature ? One of CBC Books' Canadian Nonfiction to Read in the Fall ? A Tyee Best Book of 2023 ? A CBC Books Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 ? A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023 ? An Autostraddle Best Queer Book of 2023We need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it's slipping away?We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey Plett draws on a range of firsthand experiences to start a conversation about the larger implications of community as a word, an idea, and a symbol. With each thread a cumulative definition of community, and what it has come to mean to Plett, emerges.Looking at phenomena from transgender literature, to Mennonite history, to hacker houses of Silicon Valley, and the rise of nationalism in North America, Plett delves into the thorny intractability of community's boons and faults. Deeply personal, authoritative in its illuminations, On Community is an essential contribution to the larger cultural discourse that asks how, and to what socio-political ends, we form bonds with one another.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction ? Shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction ? Finalist for the 2024 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature ? One of CBC Books' Canadian Nonfiction to Read in the Fall ? A Tyee Best Book of 2023 ? A CBC Books Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 ? A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023 ? An Autostraddle Best Queer Book of 2023We need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it's slipping away?We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey Plett draws on a range of firsthand experiences to start a conversation about the larger implications of community as a word, an idea, and a symbol. With each thread a cumulative definition of community, and what it has come to mean to Plett, emerges.Looking at phenomena from transgender literature, to Mennonite history, to hacker houses of Silicon Valley, and the rise of nationalism in North America, Plett delves into the thorny intractability of community's boons and faults. Deeply personal, authoritative in its illuminations, On Community is an essential contribution to the larger cultural discourse that asks how, and to what socio-political ends, we form bonds with one another.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction . Shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction . Finalist for the 2024 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature . One of CBC Books' Canadian Nonfiction to Read in the Fall . A Tyee Best Book of 2023 . A CBC Books Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 . A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023 . An Autostraddle Best Queer Book of 2023We need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it's slipping away?We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey Plett draws on a range of firsthand experiences to start a conversation about the larger implications of community as a word, an idea, and a symbol. With each thread a cumulative definition of community, and what it has come to mean to Plett, emerges.Looking at phenomena from transgender literature, to Mennonite history, to hacker houses of Silicon Valley, and the rise of nationalism in North America, Plett delves into the thorny intractability of community's boons and faults. Deeply personal, authoritative in its illuminations, On Community is an essential contribution to the larger cultural discourse that asks how, and to what socio-political ends, we form bonds with one another.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction . Shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction . Finalist for the 2024 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature . One of CBC Books' Canadian Nonfiction to Read in the Fall . A Tyee Best Book of 2023 . A CBC Books Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 . A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023 . An Autostraddle Best Queer Book of 2023We need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it's slipping away?We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey Plett draws on a range of firsthand experiences to start a conversation about the larger implications of community as a word, an idea, and a symbol. With each thread a cumulative definition of community, and what it has come to mean to Plett, emerges.Looking at phenomena from transgender literature, to Mennonite history, to hacker houses of Silicon Valley, and the rise of nationalism in North America, Plett delves into the thorny intractability of community's boons and faults. Deeply personal, authoritative in its illuminations, On Community is an essential contribution to the larger cultural discourse that asks how, and to what socio-political ends, we form bonds with one another.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Community. It's a word we are used to hearing everywhere from political speeches to fast-food advertisements. But can we really define it?Using her own experiences, joyful or painful, in communities, as well as a strong analysis of political and cultural shifts, Casey Plett shows how overuse of the word has caused it to become disconnected from the reality it signifies.Here, Plett suggests an alternative, moving towards a definition that acknowledges community as necessary for our existence - a source of comfort, knowledge and love - even while it has the potential to become dogmatic, cliquey or outright harmful.On Community does crucial work in pushing harder on words and ideas we take for granted. It invites us to be more careful and intentional with our language, to consider how we relate to those we know - and to those we don't know at all.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'We need community to live. But what does it look like Why does it often feel like it's slipping away We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey Plett draws on a range of firsthand experiences to start a conversation about the larger implications of community as a word, an idea, and a symbol. With each thread a cumulative definition of community, and what it has come to mean to Plett, emerges. Looking at phenomena from transgender literature, to Mennonite history, to hacker houses of Silicon Valley, and the rise of nationalism in North America, Plett delves into the thorny intractability of community's boons and faults. Deeply personal, authoritative in its illuminations, On Community is an essential contribution to the larger cultural discourse that asks how, and to what socio-political ends, we form bonds with one another.'.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction . Shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction . Finalist for the 2024 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature . One of CBC Books' Canadian Nonfiction to Read in the Fall . A Tyee Best Book of 2023 . A CBC Books Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 . A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023 . An Autostraddle Best Queer Book of 2023We need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it's slipping away?We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey Plett draws on a range of firsthand experiences to start a conversation about the larger implications of community as a word, an idea, and a symbol. With each thread a cumulative definition of community, and what it has come to mean to Plett, emerges.Looking at phenomena from transgender literature, to Mennonite history, to hacker houses of Silicon Valley, and the rise of nationalism in North America, Plett delves into the thorny intractability of community's boons and faults. Deeply personal, authoritative in its illuminations, On Community is an essential contribution to the larger cultural discourse that asks how, and to what socio-political ends, we form bonds with one another.…

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorCasey Plett&#160is the author of&#160A Dream of a Woman, Little Fish, and A Safe Girl to Love, the co-editor of&#160Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy From Transgender .

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. We need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it's slipping away?We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey Plett draws on a range of firsthand experiences to start a conversation about the larger implications of community as a word, an idea, and a symbol. With each thread a cumulative definition of community, and what it has come to mean to Plett, emerges.Looking at phenomena from transgender literature, to Mennonite history, to hacker houses of Silicon Valley, and the rise of nationalism in North America, Plett delves into the thorny intractability of community's boons and faults. Deeply personal, authoritative in its illuminations, On Community is an essential contribution to the larger cultural discourse that asks how, and to what socio-political ends, we form bonds with one another. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Community. It's a word we are used to hearing everywhere from political speeches to fast-food advertisements. But can we really define it?Using her own experiences, joyful or painful, in communities, as well as a strong analysis of political and cultural shifts, Casey Plett shows how overuse of the word has caused it to become disconnected from the reality it signifies.Here, Plett suggests an alternative, moving towards a definition that acknowledges community as necessary for our existence - a source of comfort, knowledge and love - even while it has the potential to become dogmatic, cliquey or outright harmful.On Community does crucial work in pushing harder on words and ideas we take for granted. It invites us to be more careful and intentional with our language, to consider how we relate to those we know - and to those we don't know at all.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction . Shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction . Finalist for the 2024 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature . One of CBC Books' Canadian Nonfiction to Read in the Fall . A Tyee Best Book of 2023 . A CBC Books Best Nonfiction Book of 2023 . A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023 . An Autostraddle Best Queer Book of 2023We need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it's slipping away?We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey Plett draws on a range of firsthand experiences to start a conversation about the larger implications of community as a word, an idea, and a symbol. With each thread a cumulative definition of community, and what it has come to mean to Plett, emerges.Looking at phenomena from transgender literature, to Mennonite history, to hacker houses of Silicon Valley, and the rise of nationalism in North America, Plett delves into the thorny intractability of community's boons and faults. Deeply personal, authoritative in its illuminations, On Community is an essential contribution to the larger cultural discourse that asks how, and to what socio-political ends, we form bonds with one another.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. We need community to live. But what does it look like? Why does it often feel like it's slipping away?We are all hinged to some definition of a community, be it as simple as where we live, complex as the beliefs we share, or as intentional as those we call family. In an episodic personal essay, Casey Plett draws on a range of firsthand experiences to start a conversation about the larger implications of community as a word, an idea, and a symbol. With each thread a cumulative definition of community, and what it has come to mean to Plett, emerges.Looking at phenomena from transgender literature, to Mennonite history, to hacker houses of Silicon Valley, and the rise of nationalism in North America, Plett delves into the thorny intractability of community's boons and faults. Deeply personal, authoritative in its illuminations, On Community is an essential contribution to the larger cultural discourse that asks how, and to what socio-political ends, we form bonds with one another. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…