Matt Henry - Palm
| Author | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Sturm & Drang |
| ISBN | 9783906822587 |
| Idea Code | 260442 |
‘Palm’ presents three fictional narratives that use the palm tree as an unlikely lens to explore the tumult of 1960s America. Set against a backdrop of exploding consumerism, the Vietnam War, second-wave feminism, and a growing counterculture, the stories track how the palm, once an unambiguous symbol of colonial exotica, evolved into a more complex cultural metaphor. Moving from suburban Palm Springs to the jungles of Vietnam and the far-flung destinations of the “hippie trail”, it embraces the artifice of camp to explore what the palm meant to a generation that was simultaneously selling the idea of palms, fighting beneath them, and running away to find them.
| 136 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 30 cm, pb, English/French |
Regular price:
US$115.50
Product number:
idea48180
