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Making Rent in Bed-Stuy: A Memoir of Trying to Make It in New York City
Contributor(s): Harris, Brandon (Author)

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ISBN: 0062415646     ISBN-13: 9780062415646
Publisher: Amistad Press
OUR PRICE: $18.04  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General
- Social Science | Sociology - Urban
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 8" L (0.50 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
Features: Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2017
Publishers Weekly 03/27/2017
 
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A young African American millennial filmmaker's funny, sometimes painful, true-life coming-of-age story of trying to make it in New York City--a chronicle of poverty and wealth, creativity and commerce, struggle and insecurity, and the economic and cultural forces intertwined with the serious, life-threatening process of gentrification.

Making Rent in Bed-Stuy explores the history and sociocultural importance of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn's largest historically black community, through the lens of a coming-of-age young American negro artist living at the dawn of an era in which urban class warfare is politely referred to as gentrification. Bookended by accounts of two different breakups, from a roommate and a lover, both who come from the white American elite, the book oscillates between chapters of urban bildungsroman and a historical examination of some of Bed-Stuy's most salient aesthetic and political legacies.

Filled with personal stories and a vibrant cast of iconoclastic characters-- friends and acquaintances such as Spike Lee; Lena Dunham; and Paul MacCleod, who made a living charging $5 for a tour of his extensive Elvis collection--Making Rent in Bed-Stuy poignantly captures what happens when youthful idealism clashes head-on with adult reality.

Melding in-depth reportage and personal narrative that investigates the disappointments and ironies of the Obama era, the book describes Brandon Harris's radicalization, and the things he lost, and gained, along the way.


Contributor Bio(s): Harris, Brandon: -

Brandon Harris, originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, has worked in the world of American independent film as a critic and programmer, producer and director, screenwriter and educator. His writings about cinema, politics, culture, and the intersections between them have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Guardian, VICE, Daily Beast, Variety, n+1, New Inquiry, Brooklyn Rail, In These Times, Hammer to Nail, and Filmmaker magazine, where he is a contributing editor.


 
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