Men We Reaped
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Men We Reaped is a memoir by Jesmyn Ward that reflects on the lives and deaths of five young Black men close to her in rural Mississippi, exploring themes of race, poverty, and grief.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Men We Reaped canonical | 4 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
memoir
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Jesmyn Ward ⓘ |
| authorGender | female ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
community
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family ⓘ resilience ⓘ structural inequality ⓘ systemic racism ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
deaths of five young Black men
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lives of five young Black men ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasProtagonist | Jesmyn Ward ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
African American men
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drug use ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ rural life ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Men We Reaped self-link ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African Americans in the Southern States
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death ⓘ grief ⓘ poverty in the United States ⓘ race in the United States ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of interconnected personal and social tragedies
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intimate portrayal of Black life in the rural South ⓘ |
| numberOfPeoplePortrayed | 5 ⓘ |
| placeDescribed | DeLisle, Mississippi ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher | Bloomsbury ⓘ |
| setting |
Mississippi
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rural Mississippi ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jesmyn Ward