Description: "A profound book.... It will break your heart but also leave you with hope." —J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy"[A] deeply empathetic book." —The EconomistWith stark photo essays and unforgettable true stories, Chris Arnade cuts through "expert" pontification on inequality, addiction, and poverty to allow those who have been left behind to define themselves on their own terms.After abandoning his Wall Street career, Chris Arnade decided to document poverty and addiction in the Bronx. He began interviewing, photographing, and becoming close friends with homeless addicts, and spent hours in drug dens and McDonald's. Then he started driving across America to see how the rest of the country compared. He found the same types of stories everywhere, across lines of race, ethnicity, religion, and geography. The people he got to know, from Alabama and California to Maine and Nevada, gave Arnade a new respect for the dignity and resilience of what he calls America's Back Row--those who lack the credentials and advantages of the so-called meritocratic upper class. The strivers in the Front Row, with their advanced degrees and upward mobility, see the Back Row's values as worthless. They scorn anyone who stays in a dying town or city as foolish, and mock anyone who clings to religion or tradition as naïve.As Takeesha, a woman in the Bronx, told Arnade, she wants to be seen she sees herself: "a prostitute, a mother of six, and a child of God." This book is his attempt to help the rest of us truly see, hear, and respect millions of people who've been left behind.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Personalize: No
Era: 2010s
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Dust Jacket
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
Book Title: Dignity : Seeking Respect in Back Row America
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 1.1 in
Topic: Sociology / General, Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Photojournalism, Poverty & Homelessness, Psychopathology / Addiction
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Photography, Psychology
Item Weight: 36.5 Oz
Author: Chris Arnade
Item Length: 9.7 in
Item Width: 7.6 in
Format: Hardcover
