Sing, Unburied, Sing
Theory Meets Practice: A Podcast for Teachers
English - March 11, 2019 07:00 - 34 minutes - 15.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsCourses Education intersectionality education scholarship theory feminist ethnic studies feminism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Like we mentioned last week, our teacher, Kimberly, created a multi-media module for us where we read a book and watched two connecting movies. Today we discuss the book we read. (Check out last week's episode for our discussion of Daughters of the Dust and Lemonade). This book was paired with the two movies because they are all created by black feminists, have similar themes, and aesthetics.
We chose to read Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward. Written in 2017, this story follows a family through a hot summer of dysfunction, addiction, loss, and growth. The story opens on Jojo's 13th birthday in the fictional town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi. He lives with his younger sister, Kayla, and his grandparents, Pop and Mam. His mother, Leonie, lives with the family as well, but is unable to be the main provider for her children due to her addiction to meth. When Jojo and Kayla's father gets released from prison, they go on a road trip with Leonie to Parchman, an infamous penitentiary.
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