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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Rotan Switch

Rotan Switch

Dilworth, Alexa
McCord, Lisa
McCord, Lisa

Hardcover

Black American HistoryGeneral PhotographyPhotographers

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ISBN10: 396900151X
ISBN13: 9783969001516
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag
Published: May 7 2024
Pages: 204
Weight: 3.20
Height: 1.10 Width: 9.30 Depth: 12.10
Language: English
A personal view and critical reflection on cotton growing in US history

Rotan Switch is the first monograph by Lisa McCord, documenting life on her grandparents' cotton farm in the Arkansas Delta community of Rotan. It takes its name from the community's central landmark--the railroad switch where farmers loaded their cotton bales onto trains headed out of the Delta. Although it hasn't been used in years, it remains a potent symbol of the complex intersections of industry and agriculture, of race and injustice. Collected over the last forty-four years, these images and stories are a reflection on the people and places that have taught McCord the meaning of the word home. It is also a self-exploration into her inherently complicated role in this community as both the photographer and the granddaughter of the farm owner.

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