A visceral and sonic world of teeth and tornadoes, Sea Sharp's The Swagger Of Dorothy Gale explores a Midwestern past muddied by L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz fantasy and the realities of women and African Americans on the prairie. Sharp re-imagines Dorothy as a girl with "some grit in her teeth" as she navigates Kansas, examining "marvelous gray ghosts in the heartland" through personal and communal narratives that romp and strut across the lines. Satirical and poignant, The Swagger of Dorothy Gale startles and swirls contemporary issues of race, equality, and place in the dusty plains of Kansas, seeking to understand the real meaning of "there's no place like home."
Language
English
Pages
95
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ice Cube Press
Release
June 01, 2014
ISBN
1888160942
ISBN 13
9781888160949
The Swagger of Dorothy Gale & Other Filthy Ways to Strut
A visceral and sonic world of teeth and tornadoes, Sea Sharp's The Swagger Of Dorothy Gale explores a Midwestern past muddied by L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz fantasy and the realities of women and African Americans on the prairie. Sharp re-imagines Dorothy as a girl with "some grit in her teeth" as she navigates Kansas, examining "marvelous gray ghosts in the heartland" through personal and communal narratives that romp and strut across the lines. Satirical and poignant, The Swagger of Dorothy Gale startles and swirls contemporary issues of race, equality, and place in the dusty plains of Kansas, seeking to understand the real meaning of "there's no place like home."